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Thomas Kruemmer (tkruemmer@usa.net) wrote:

: Earl H. Kinmonth <kusogari@shef.ac.uk> wrote in article
: <55icf0$mna@bignews.shef.ac.uk>...

: > What other countries have you surveyed? 

: Japan only, because I live here.

That is a rather thin basis for claiming that Japan has price levels
that would not be tolerated anywhere else in the world....

: > The "latest and greatest" in both hardware and software seldom gives the
: > best value for money.  

: May be you are right, but I am kind of "pro choice".

: > Buying the latest of either gives you the
: > privilege of paying a large premium to get either buggy software or
: > hardware that will be superceded before the year is out....

: Outside Japan you may be perfectly right, I would not know, but if you
: wanna know what's buggy try out
: Fujitsu PC with Japanese Windows 95 and their wonderful "FMV" softo....

I have more than enough bugs in OS/2 Japanese to satisfy my limited
sadomasochistic inclinations.

In any event, I cannot follow your logic.  You would seem to be
saying that outside of Japan the "latest and greatest" may not be
worth it, but inside Japan ....

: > And, for the record, it is not that difficult to buy mail order from the
: > US....

: Earl, this is brillant, please share your wisdom with me and name me only
: one mail order company who ships Dell Dimension, Gateway G-series or
: similar top of the line product to Japan. I would be very grateful for good
: advice.

Check out DOS/V magazine (Japanese).  The have an on-going column
dealing with the issues involved in mail order purchase.

: Online or off-line, I could not find any, except Acer (old and expensive)
: and Micron (I am still considering).....

: Dell in Japan do not sell Dimenesion PC, and Gateway in Akihabara do not
: sell the G-series.

: So much for the record......

Import the boards you want.  Get a case with power supply.  Build
what you need.  If you need a brand name, go to an engraver and
get your name cut into a plate that you can attach to the
cabinet.

Also, since you seem to want really cutting edge kit, I can't
understand why you are even thinking of PeeCees.  If you want
real muscle on your desktop, why not get something from Silicon
Graphics?

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Earl H. Kinmonth, Kanji Users Service Operation (KUSO!),
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England S10 2UJ