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In <3tc65p$858@news.rain.org> rivaud@rain.org (L. E. de Rivaud) writes:

>You could buy a case from Micron or Dell, probably.  Or you could call 
>tech support and ask who the OEM is.  Tech support is usually more 
>forthcoming with this info than sales.  Or, try sales and tell them you 
>are thinking of buying a dozen computers but the quality of the case is 
>very important... blah, blah, blah...  They ought to tell you.  When I 
>bought my system I made them tell me who made the "Dell" Monitor, and who 
>manufactured the disk drives and hard drive, and BIOS chip, mouse, etc.  
>Some OEM stuff is great, some is crap.  For instance, I would never buy a 
>computer that came in an all plastic case.  And I would never buy a 
>system that came with a CTX monitor, whether it said Dell or Gateway or 
>Zeos or Micron on it, (CTX monitors have always died an early death in my 
>experience.)  I have found that manufacturers who are hesistant to tell 
>you who the OEM is are usually buying cheap crap and they don't want you 
>to know.  I don't mind if they tell me the hard drive will be either 
>Western Digital or Seagate.  But I don't want some no name piece of crap 
>from some fly by night company. So, they could probably tell you exactly 
>where the cases come from.  And it might be easier to buy ONE from Dell 
>or Micron, than ONE from the OEM who deals in thousands.  Or maybe not.  

>Good luck.

>J. Padron (padron@gate.net) wrote:
> >Both Micron and Dell use the same tool-free minitower case.  Outside
> >they are plastic but inside they are very good and easy to work with.

> >Does anybody know who makes (or distributes) the tool-free minitower
> >cases used on Micron and Dell computers?. 

> >I'd like to upgrade my computer and I'd like to move my 2 PCs to those
> >minitower cases.

> >TIA,

> >J. Padron
> >padron@gate.net

The Micron case is manufactured by a company called Zebex.  A friend of 
mine recently bought one from a local manufacturer who also happens to 
use them.  Nice case.  I can get you the address and model number of the 
case if you like.  Zebex has a California office.  Hope this helps.

						Jason Savage
						Savage@MBnet.MB.CA