build or buy?

"Jeremy" :7502 wrote in message
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First off, there is no shame in buying a computer....unless of course it's
an HP or a Compaq. Those 2 have to be the worst i've ever seen in my 10
years working with computers. If you're gonna buy, go with either
GATEWAY...or
DELL!!!!! Period. End of story...no room for discussion.

Baloney, lots of room for discussion, many better choices available than
Gateway or Dell.

Your lack of experience with computers is showing.

That having been
said, one of the benefits of buying is the warranty that comes with a
system.
If someone builds one for you, you will have to replace a part out of
pocket
if it breaks. But, with a purchase, the company will replace it for free.


Usually for only a year, and an extended warranty is usually a suckers bet.


Building----you have complete control over what goes in it. You pick the
parts if you're comfortable with assembling it or you can have someone do
it and put it together for you. But, you have control. Two drawbacks to
this.....you have no warranty with this option, and it is more expensive.

It is not more expensive, and each part is warranted for usually a much
longer period than an assembled computer would be.


Dashi

if you think you can buy a Dell and upgrade it later you are in for a
big surprise.

most of their cheaper $700 computers have the integrated Intel
graphics controller (one of the worst video cards you can buy,
remember S-3 in the mid 90's)

the motherboards have no AGP port so your best scenario is "upgrading"
to a PCI card.

so many people think Dell is so cheap, well ya they are, cheaply made,
not cheaply purchased.

i just built a computer for 930$ that will run circles around anything
Dell provides for under 1200$.

i could have done it cheaper, but why?

with all the money i saved by NOT buying a Dell, i can afford to do
what i want.

build, then you get really what you want


On 7 Feb 2004 08:49:57 -0500,
lid (DaveinOlyWa) wrote:

if you think you can buy a Dell and upgrade it later you are in for a
big surprise.

most of their cheaper $700 computers have the integrated Intel
graphics controller (one of the worst video cards you can buy,
remember S-3 in the mid 90's)

the motherboards have no AGP port so your best scenario is "upgrading"
to a PCI card.

so many people think Dell is so cheap, well ya they are, cheaply made,
not cheaply purchased.

i just built a computer for 930$ that will run circles around anything
Dell provides for under 1200$.

i could have done it cheaper, but why?

with all the money i saved by NOT buying a Dell, i can afford to do
what i want.