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Among the problems that I have encountered or heard about concerning
Slackard Hell,
1) Their power supplies are too small.  This translates to unreliability
for a given load, and lack of expandability.
2) Their power supplies have a non-standard form factor.  This means that
when yours dies, you must replace it with another wimpy PB supply at 3x the
price of a standard unit.
3) Other components are also non-standard.  Integration of many components
means a failure to one means an expensive replacement of a much larger part
of the system.
4) Schematics, particularly for their monitors, are hard to get, adding
days or weeks to the repair time.
5) Their cheaper monitors really suck, some with dot pitches of .42 or
*worse*.

There may have been others, but thankfully I haven't had to work with
PBs for three years, nor heard much from the PC stores I'd frequent for
leads (I was a consultant) for the last year.  Other than that they were
cheap and relatively turnkey (systems were typically complete, including
rats and s/w preloaded).

-JTT