Laptop Construction
Bradley Miller
bradmiller at dslonramp.com
Fri Feb 7 00:51:26 CST 2003
>
>Even with standard "commodity" computer parts, it's getting so there's so
>much
>overhead in delivering individual parts to the end user that it's almost
>cheaper to buy a factory-built machine. Only the fact that a Dell or a
>Gateway
>is going to come bundled with things you could do without (like Windows)
>gives
>you any price advantage in building your own, mostly it's more for the
>sake of
>choosing exactly the components you want that you'd bother.
Case in point -- Aldi's (yes the grocery store) Medion that is made in
Germany . . . . and the case looks has the fit/finish of a finely made
automobile. $899 -- 2.6G / 120 gig drive/ GForce TI4200 with 128Mb . . .
you can't buy the parts that cheap let alone assemble it and get it working
for that price. And as an added bonus I've billed a lot more clients with
the increased productivity since having one since November (Turkey
day). My parents bought one -- even had a few tech support calls and
haven't had any problems getting help. Shame such a great bargain was lost
to the "it must be one step between an E-machine and Windows Microtel"
doubters. Their loss.
-- Bradley Miller
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