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Earl H. Kinmonth <kusogari@shef.ac.uk> wrote in article
<55nco8$t13@bignews.shef.ac.uk>...
> Thomas Kruemmer (tkruemmer@usa.net) wrote:
> 
> : Earl H. Kinmonth <kusogari@shef.ac.uk> wrote in article
> : <55icf0$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....

Earl, this is a Japan Newsgroup and at no time I had the intention to
present you with a scientific survey,
which I would be utterly incapable of producing owing to my lack of higher
education.
> 
> : > 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 hardware that will be superceded before the year is out....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 ....

Earl, now you are dissappointing  me. I thought you were doing Japan
related studies and now you surprise me with
such a poorly researched statement. Didn't you know that most high end
value added products of Japan have
generally two types, two models, two spec, which are in the vast majority
of cases incompatible with each other?
The one type for export, the other one domestic (you may gues which one has
got the lower spec):

Take cars, motorcycles, computers, printers, watches, even cosmetics and
instant noodle soups.

> 
> : > 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.

They do not carry these products........but certainly good for home-made
computers.

> 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.

Earl, I really do not have the time for aquiring the know-how and deal with
homemade hardware conflicts.

> 
> 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?
> 
Because that is really too good for me.