[Wolves] PC suppliers

[Peter Cannon]

On Wednesday 15 March 2006 21:34, Daniel Jones wrote:

> The point is, there's a bit more to getting a good machine than cost.
> Someone who has perfectly good knowledge that would allow them to do
> this, IMHO, should do so.  This is why I'm baffled that many people
> who know full well how to build a machine do not do so themselves.

My feathers are a bit smoother this morning after an excellent LUG meeting 
last night.

The reason people don't build themselves is very very simple and can be 
answered by questions.

1. How many people have their shoes repaired these days?
2. How many people fix their own cars?
3. How many people sew up holes in jackets or trousers?

You can see where I'm going with this, people today cant be arsed and I don't 
blame them. Who wants to trudge around various shops, wait a week for all the 
different suppliers to send parts to you then take up valuable drinking time 
putting the god dam thin together?

Far easier to nip down to Woolworths, get a fairly decent machine come home 
and switch it on, if you're only after Windows you can achieve all that in 
probably under an hour!

Oh and as another snippet of information, companies are cancelling maintenance 
contracts left right and centre, we've lost £20,000.00 this quarter due to 
customers buying cheapo units, putting them in a cupboard ready for a failure 
even if its a pathetic problem is still worth it in the long run given that 
they come with 12-36 months warranty.

-- 
Regards
Peter Cannon
Fedora Core 4 & Suse 10.0
Jabber:highwayman.turpin at gmail.com

"There is every excuse for not knowing,
There is no excuse for not asking!"
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