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

[Geoffrey]

T.Guilbert wrote:

> For the same reasons, we come out on the opposite sides of the
> conclusion.  I, too, own my own business, and therefore cannot
> tolerate downtime of essential tools.  By assmbling my own system, I
> can choose the most reliable components (those least likely to fail),
> and I can usually fix anything that goes south, because I know exactly
> what is there.  Most major assemblers (Dell, Gateway, etc.) change
> internals as component prices fluctuate, so even if you get a tech on
> the line who knows what he (or she) is talking about, he may not be
> able to discern what subcomponents are in your computer (and therefore
> what drivers, etc. are appropriate). 

Not to mention the fact that it's not uncommon for the same 
'configuration' to actually have internals that are different.  You 
might have a 52X cdrom, but there's no telling who it's made by.

> 
> 


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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?