"Thomas J. Hamman" wrote:
>
> On 24-Jul-99 Jo wrote:
> >
> >> This is from Windows experience. I see no reason for Netscape to be
> >> different in Linux. I'd know better if I could *connect* to the
> >> Internet in Linux, but... modem manufacturers seem to think that
> >> Winmodems are popular.
> >
> > They'll change their mind, when we stop buying them...
> >
> > Jo
>
> The problem is, for the most part, it's not us buying them in the first place,
> it's the computer manufacturuers. They buy winmodems to make their computers
> cheaper while still making more money, and most of the end users don't even
> realize it at the time they buy it. (Either that, or they don't care, because
> they can't imagine using anything other than Windows anyway, until a year later
> when they decide to try this new Linux thing for the fun of it but then WHOOPS
> the modem doesn't work.)
>
> My gf recently ordered a computer from Dell (which seems to be widely
> considered to be the top computer maker now), and we discovered that ALL of
> the modem options they offer for their Dimension computers are winmodems.
> Buying a top of the line desktop computer from a top of the line manufacturer,
> and you can't even get them to preinstall a real modem.
>
> -Tom
>
> (P.S. They told my gf, who plans to install Linux, that they would put the
> cheapest winmodem option in the computer for her so she could then buy a real
> modem from somewhere else and install it herself. Now there's great customer
> service.)
Yes, they CAN be so nice if they, really, really want it... I hope she
told them to put the modem where the sun doesn't shine?
I thought Dell was one of the first computer manufacturers to support
linux?
Jo
