Most people I know say never buy a Compaq computer.
They suggest also avoiding HP computers.
Many of the people who sell computers at Office Depot
and Staples advocate not to buy those computers even
though those stores sell the mentioned computers.

People say those computers have proprietary components
and if you want to update them or change a particular board
you must purchase from Compaq or HP.

Costco also sell Compaq computers.
What is wrong with a computer like this
http://www.costco.ca/en-CA/Browse/Pr...Path=84*20113*
are they poor quality or what?

What is the spiel with Dell computers?

Is there a truth out there about these computers and
if so what is it.

Most people I know suggest going to a place that builds
computers and let them build you one.

Thanks in advance
Denny B

On Wed, 17 May 2006 22:59:12 -0600, "Denny B" <dmrbaptie@sprint.ca> wrote:

You don't have to buy the parts from Compaq or HP, but they can certainly be
specialized parts. For example, a regular ATX power supply won't fit in most HP
home systems - they're too big.

But you can get a PS from Newegg that will fit, a LOT cheaper than from HP. The
last I checked, anyway.

They're all crap. HP home systems in particular. Of them all, from practical
experience, I'd rather work on Dells than the other two.

That's the best way, yes. Provided they're someone/someplace you can trust.

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I would suggest that most cluey people avoid the major computers like
Dell, Compaq, Hp, Asus, Acer, Amstrad etc because of the problems
involved in either upgrading or repiaring them.

They are all excellent products, well built and so on BUT they all
tend to use SPECIAL components, early IBM computers needed special
RAM, some computers (Amstrad) had a plastic riser that required a
square hole in the mainboard so if the motherboard failed you were in
deep shit as you had to buy a genuine spare, I would allways recommend
a new case and power supply and a gigabyte or similar mainboard as a
replacement and transfer the harddrive, floppy etc. There was one
brand(Amstrad) that needed a special keyboard as none of the cheap
ones worked with it. I think it used a 9pin connector.

I must be getting old as I cannot remember its name but I think it was
an Amstrad.

Currently computers do not seem to hold their value/prices so the
final resale price is no longer an important factor.

Another dissapointment is that I see so many people who find they do
not get a genuine Windows System disk and when they upgrade their
system the operating system from their expensive brand name computer
is unusable as it looks for unique things like the BIOS etc.

I must say the major brand look well built and sometimes have a wide
range of bundled software but the cheaper clone (whitebox) computers
do have a lot to offer, especially an operating system that is NOT
locked to the BIOS and therefore can be re-used on a replacement or
updated computer.
Jim McCardle jmccardl@bigpond.net.au
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On Thu, 18 May 2006 00:23:18 -0500, Mara
<go@awaynow.becauseIsaidso.com> wrote:

On Thu, 18 May 2006 10:28:08 GMT, jmccardl@bigpond.net.au (J-McC)
wrote:

Probably was but in those days different manufacturers were trying to
set their own standards. Today I'd recommend Viglen which I'm told is
an Amstrad brand. Had some this year and they are very well put
together and use off the shelf components. Compared to the 2 HP
computers I installed in an office last month the Viglens are easy to
maintain and spares should be easily sourced.
One of my major complaints too.

this is incorrect, most pre-built major brand PCs come with 'restore
cds' , these are preconfigured versions of windows that will only
install to the original hardware. You cannot use these disks with
other PCs, you also cannot use your XP cdkey with a retail cd of
windows, you will have an OEM cdkey.

you can track down an OEM copy of XP that your key will work on.

Denny B wrote:
That's because they are very proprietary and come with propriaty restore
cds, not MS OS XP cds.


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