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To: ravi nair who wrote (5763)	10/22/1999
From: John R Resseger	Read Replies (1) of 8218

I went to the IBM web site to maybe purchase a computer for my son to go to collage. I was looking at a high end Aptiva S. the lack of data on the innards; number of DIMM slots DMA66 support put me off. IBM's concept of customizing your machine is adding a digital camera and offering two different printers. I can buy a superior machine that I can upgrade on ebay for a lot less. The days when IBM HP and Compaq can pass off machines with 128mg memory limits when the standard is 768MG and put 4mg video on board when I pay less and get 32MGs down the street are over. IBM has some great tech. They need to set up a site like SAG or Dell where if you want Scsi drives or anything else you can get it. Another thing. If you don't know what their cutesy names connote that they assign to their boxes, you don't know where to begin. They also want to put you in a home or an office. They should have at least one place online where you can build from scratch. And put the specs on the site. Stop pawning inferior proprietary motherboards off on people. How many people bought their machines last year and found out that 64MGs was the limit on memory. Charley Chan's machine supports 256mgs and cost hundred less.

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