Re: OT: In Faulty-Computer Suit, Window to Dell Decline

2010-06-30 Thread Stephen
This is pretty much the norm across HP, Dell, Acer/Gateway, any of this tier of vendor. the 2 options i find is buying my own parts and building the machines, however i cannot meet these prices (usually) for the bottom line, but i rarely have issues with the parts i buy. (i thank 4 years in tech s

Re: OT: In Faulty-Computer Suit, Window to Dell Decline

2010-06-30 Thread keith smith
Both ways have their down sides.  I used to buy and build.  Then I started buying Dells.  I have saved some time and maybe even some money.  If one of them fails I loose both time and money.  Reliability is important to me.  I just don't fee like I want to research components, buy them and buil

Re: OT: In Faulty-Computer Suit, Window to Dell Decline

2010-06-30 Thread Alex Dean
On Jun 30, 2010, at 1:11 PM, keith smith wrote: Both ways have their down sides. I used to buy and build. Then I started buying Dells. I have saved some time and maybe even some money. If one of them fails I loose both time and money. Reliability is important to me. I just don't fee

Re: OT: In Faulty-Computer Suit, Window to Dell Decline

2010-06-30 Thread Matt Graham
From: Alex Dean > On Jun 30, 2010, at 1:11 PM, keith smith wrote: >> Reliability is important to me. I just don't fee like I want to >> research components, buy them and build them. > I built my first from-scratch system about a year ago. I doubt I > saved any money. The main reasons I did it

Re: OT: In Faulty-Computer Suit, Window to Dell Decline

2010-06-30 Thread Alex Dean
On Jun 30, 2010, at 2:42 PM, Matt Graham wrote: From: Alex Dean On Jun 30, 2010, at 1:11 PM, keith smith wrote: Reliability is important to me. I just don't fee like I want to research components, buy them and build them. I built my first from-scratch system about a year ago. I doubt I sa

Re: Best domain registration renewal price?

2010-06-30 Thread joe
> With several domain names soon coming due for renewal, I'd like to know > who might be the best reliable low cost registrar for multi-year renewals. Thanks again to all plug-friends for the helpful replies. Thanks especially to Eric Cope and Bryan O'Neal for tipping me about godaddy domain re

RE: OT: In Faulty-Computer Suit, Window to Dell Decline

2010-06-30 Thread gnunixguy1
Personally, I would rather build my own systems. My current main pc is housed in a mountainmods.com 24x24" case with 8x120mm fans providing plenty of space and cooling for the 3k in parts that I put in it. There is definitely something to be said for building your own pc. You know the parts an

July 1st PLUG devel meeting - no presentation - meet chat & snack

2010-06-30 Thread Ed
just to make it formal: The July 1st PLUGdev meeting will be abbreviated as there is no presentation. my bad - sorry The meeting is open for news & chat and will head out for snacks once the normal business is concluded. The August presentation is scheduled to be "An Introduction to The Semantic

EXTREMELY OT: Meshal v. Higgenbotham - Amended Complaint

2010-06-30 Thread Technomage
I know this is not linux related in any way, but it does beg the question: will our government start to look at us (the free software/open source) as a possible threat, especially if we protest their actions involving closed source materials. again, I stress this isn't linux related but we should