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To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (1538)	6/25/1998 8:33:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (2) of 14778

Building your own I promote open architecture. Building your own is one way to achieve this. For my own use I have purchased two DELL computers, one IBM and a Compaq. All of them have had proprietary aspects that annoy me to some extent. The most difficult aspect to deal with has been the software loads and the documentation. Upgrading has been difficult as I can not reuse components when I upgrade. For example, if I want to upgrade a video card I would like to remove the old one and put it in a different machine. This has not been an option. Dealing with tech support has been difficult for me. Waits have varied from 10 minutes to two hours. Many times I have received bad advice. I am trying a different approach this time. So far it has worked for me. Building my first machine was a lot easier than I thought it would be. So far so good. If the machine doesn't work out I can only blame myself. I agree that this approach is for a minority of computer users. However designing your own and assembling it yourself or having someone else assemble it for you is the focus of the thread. I am ready to try again. Most of the components will move into a PII BX based machine. The documentation for my home built machine is superior to any that I have received from the big box makers. Downtime in case of hardware failure is a key feature where build your own can leave you stranded. The first time my Compaq harddrive failed (6 months) I was down for two weeks. I had to listen to a guy at Fry's explain to me that it was a software problem. He acted like I was bothering him. The second time my Compaq harddrive failed it was out of warranty. No way would I take it back to the same authorized service center. DELL I had a hardrive fail on a DELL computer. The machine was a month old. I was down for a week. My own If my harddrive fails I will be down for five minutes. Within 24 hrs I will replace the failed drive. Big Box Makers/Open Architecture I am all for a discussion of alternate solutions to a quality machine. Zeuspaul

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