On 5/31/2015 4:45 PM, Eric Chadbourne wrote:
Probably depends on the brand and the time.
Not the brand. The ODM, the original design manufacturer.
There are the big national brands: Dell, HP, Toshiba, Sony, Compaq,
Lenovo... who did I forget? Doesn't matter. None them design or
manufacture their own notebooks (ThinkPad is an exception, a requirement
of the sale agreement). They source bare-bones notebooks from ODMs like
Clevo, Compal, MSI, ASUS, and so forth. They "customize" each unit with
RAM, storage, wireless cards, optical drives and sometimes display
panels. Then they slap a copy of Microsoft Windows on top whether you
like it or not.
The national brands sign contracts with multiple ODMs. Pick two
different notebooks from a given brand; chances are they were
manufactured by two different ODMs. What's happened is the brands have
been using this to force the ODMs to complete on price points. Quality
has deteriorated as a result of this forced competition.
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Rich P.
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