On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> Vic wrote:
> >
> > Hello Linuxers.
> >
> > I just wondered, am I imagining it or do hand-built
> > systems tend to run better than a pre-built
> > PC bought at like either "?triangle" or
> > "?Best Buy" or something of that ilk?
> >
> > I noticed for myself that my hand-built system
> > seems to run better than my roommate's
> > pre-built system.
>
> Sitting as I do way out in the middle os the South Pacific Ocean,
> I'm not familiar with the trade names you have mentioned above.
>
> Way down here we lot's of hassle with cheap 'mail-order' systems
> and lack of support.
>
> I would tend to think that if you build your own system from
> 'quality' components you would be much better off and have a rather
> more reliable system.
>
> All-in-all I think it's a case of 'Caveat Emptor' - 'Let the Buyer
> Beware' as opposed to 'Let the Buyer Be Aware' - yes??
>
> Cheers
>
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> "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected"
> (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.)
What I did was search the sites that sold Linux machines and then build
mine with the componets that they used. (VA Linux comes to mind)
Every thing worked great on the first try.
--
William Presho
Registered Linux User #119170
"Windows FREE in 2000!"
