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Technology Stocks : Compaq -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (91240)	5/14/2001 10:39:46 PM
From: Captain Jack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Charles-- they are far less proprietary than awhile back. I do prefer DELL (after Micron PC) and certainly INTC over AMD-- just preferences. Also,, for those that do not play much--- DELL supports as long as you own it,, even after warranty. Other than my kids that get free tech support,,, I suggest all think about that when buying. A former employee just recd a disk with a few lines of code after DELL walked him through formatting C and reloading.... all on a P200MMX. That machine must be 5 years old and no charge of course.

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (91240)	5/15/2001 9:48:46 AM
From: MeDroogies	Respond to of 97611

What's to prefer? People are ALWAYS falling for the brand name thing (From Jordache jeans to Calvin Klein cologne). I am willing to pay for a brand name, if there's a good reason. I don't know if CPQ does use more proprietary parts, but so what if they do? Micron does, and I have replaced huge portions of my old Micron PC without a problem, and with non-Micron parts.... Dell does great marketing. I am always in awe of a good marketing machine (AOL, MSFT, etc). CPQ has very mediocre marketing. That is clearly a differential, but it isn't enough to offset $130-400, in my opinion.