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Article #10389Re: Seeking Discount Mail Order Sources for PC Compatibles
From: RFM
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:05
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:05
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I disagree about your premise/focus on price considerations. My sense is that rpices are gonna go up/down - vary by hundred $bucks or two, except for really CHEAP machines - which I wouldn't trust 'till I checked out thoroughtly. My sense is that chep machines maybe use cheap components - odd balls, or maybe have minimized mfg costs by doing non-standard things. Me, I'd look at (1) competitive prices; (2) Reliability out of the box; (3) Good service & tech support; (4) Rapid turnaround on repairs/replacement parts; (5) Competitive performance; (6) Guaranteed software compatability; and (7) Upgradability - CPU, BIOS, etc., etc. I'm not sure about priorities of these. But I am sure that $price -related factors ought not to be first/foremost. BobM
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!rfm From: RFM@psuvm.psu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Seeking Discount Mail Order Sources for PC Compatibles Message-ID: <92352.120501RFM@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 17 Dec 92 17:05:01 GMT References: <8k-rv8c@lynx.unm.edu> <BzBJ8E.Kx9@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Dec16.231651.11222@rei.com> <1992Dec17.045539.8873@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> Distribution: usa Organization: Penn State University Lines: 16