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To: Esteban who wrote (20713)	6/15/2001 7:35:27 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

hey esteban re, "the instructor said that Dell uses proprietary hardware, and that he would demonstrate that over the next few weeks. I was surprised to hear that, because I thought Dell did not build proprietary machines" could you elaborate for us a bit and define what you mean by proprietary hardware and proprietary machines? :) mark

To: Esteban who wrote (20713)	6/15/2001 10:04:20 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

Esteban, My original plan was working 25 hours a week and full time school. That turned out to be too much for me so I'm going to school part time now. Shortly after making that post I dropped the A+ class to concentrate on W2K professional. Now I'm back taking the A+ class. I do have the same teacher but haven't gotten far enough into the class for him to prove his point. The teacher did mention that Dell makes computer professionals who aren't Dell reps wait weeks for parts to encourage customers to stick with Dell's service people who can generally get the same parts in a day or two. Mark, Propriatary components are brand specific, they can't be replaced with generic components.