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In article <921128392@ritz.mordor.com> ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz) writes:
>Anthony J Stieber (anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu) wrote:
>: In article <921124514@ritz.mordor.com> ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz) writes:
>: 
>: >it, if I had a choice on two systems, one from a mail order
>: >company and one from IBM, and they were priced closely, I
>: >would buy big blue every time.
>: 
>: I sure wouldn't.  I've been screwed over too many times with strange
>: IBM proprietary hardware and their crummy designs.  Even at a low
>: price, I don't consider IBM hardware worth it most of the time.
>
>Well, I guess as one gets older support is more important. :-)
>IBM may not be cutting edge, but they (in most cases) will doggedly
>support their hardware even when it becomes apparent that it is
>far out of date.  Also, there isn't much fear of Big Blue going bust
>anytime soon.
>
Well, IBM no longer supports the AT.  And for the original price
of the IBM hardware plus the maintenance cost, you could probably
afford to junk your clone and buy another one!  Plus, you could
be pretty sure that all the accesory boards from your old one
would work in the new one.  Something you can't be sure of with
IBM machines.  
 
If you need professional level maintenance support, there are
plenty of reputable companies that will fix anything you have.
On site if you need it.

As for IBM going bust, have you been following the
financial news and the stock market?  IBM is in deep do-do!