[Wolves] PC suppliers

[Kevanf1]

On 16/03/06, Andy Smith <andy at lug.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 03:24:25PM +0000, Daniel Jones wrote:
> > I don't quite get why the 'but you have to build it yourself' line is
> > such a big deal.  It takes me about 45 minutes to put a new system
> > together; I know any screwups which are made are going to be made by
> > me as well.
>
> For my own home use, yeah, great.  I'm willing to spend a little
> more time researching things, buying the components, putting it
> together and then testing every component to check it works as it
> should do.  On a good day, sure, maybe that takes 45 minutes.
>
> But on a bad day you find that maybe incorrect parts turned up.
> Maybe one component doesn't work.  Maybe you put it all together but
> some feature does not work and now you need to investigate why.
> Worst of all, perhaps after installation you suffer bizarre
> stability problems that cannot easily be tracked down to one
> component, so you have to take it all apart and rigorously test
> every combination.
>
> That takes a lot longer than 45 minutes.
>
> That sort of thing happens very very rarely when you buy a pre-built
> system and when it does, you just deal with whoever you bought it
> from.  If it doesn't work to your satisfaction then the whole lot
> goes back and they are supposed to deliver you something that does.
>
> For systems more important than home machines, especially when
> buying in quantity, it's just not an effective use of my time to
> deal with all of that.  I would rather settle on a standard config
> from a reputable retailer.
>
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Ah, Andy... the Andy I have been corresponding with on another matter?

:-))

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