[Am-info] Roll-your-own categories.

[Erick Andrews]

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 10:17:49 +0000, Marcus de Geus wrote:

>In reply to a message from Sujal Shah <sujal@sujal.net> dated 2002-03-03
>21:52:59 -0500 (Sun):
>
>> People that build their own systems, in my experience, fall into two
>categories:
>> 1) gamers/enthusiasts with specific hardware requirements ...
>> 2) Knowledgeable, cost-conscious consumers...
>
>Sujal,
>
>In my experience there is a third category: knowledgeable, QUALITY-conscious
>customers.
>
>I like to build my own systems so that I know what goes into them. These
>systems may not look cheaper, but they tend to last much longer than off the
>shelf boxes.
>
[...]
>
>But I must admit I don't play games.
>

As an OS/2 user I too build my own systems to get compatibility, top
quality, top performance.  It's easy to build one.  It's shopping around
on the 'net (Pricewatch helps a lot) and doing research of what's 
changed with new hardware over the months that makes the challenge.

Win-modems, win-printers and other win-junk that you find in so
many "big name" systems are appallingly terrible.  I want SCSI, too,
for a range of issues.  You will never find a pre-built SCSI based system
for consumers in the stores.

OS/2 can be picky about certain hardware, but then its performance 
pays off handsomely.   It's a lot like the high performance of AS/400 and
VMS systems:  the hardware and software were wed to each other.

I don't play games, either.

-- 
Erick Andrews