On Jan 2, 2006, at 8:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gateway putting metal tabs in their CD bay and slots on their CD drives so only Gateway CD drives work (unless you just remove those tabs)
Say WHAT? That's just bull. Gateway is now the University's primary supplier of PC systems, and we've been buying them since 1995 here in the College, I've worked on hundreds over the last ten years.
Gateway using what is in every respect an ATX power supply except the locations of the mounting screw holes
Again, I call bull. We've replaced out-of-warranty power supplies with off the shelf parts in a lot of Gateways.
Apple making what is in every regard a USB 1 cable except for some tabs so that only their keyboard would fit it
That's the keyboard extension cable, and those tabs are to ensure that the cable doesn't come apart easily. And for crying out loud it's freakin' $1.99 USB cable...
And Compaq hasn't required special "Compaq" memory since the first 386 systems hit the market.
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