[ale] OT vision computers etal

[Howard A Story]

No No No  I was not serious.  I wouldn't suggest that vendor in a real 
since to ANYONE. Now, if I could get corporate to stop buying them.


Nathan wrote:

>Are you seriously this simple minded, or are you just trying to ruffle 
>my feathers?
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>>>>I think that the key thing here is 'anybody with the know-how'.  Don't 
>>>>get me wrong, I would much rather build a computer from 'off the street' 
>>>>components and then get the $$ to support it if something goes wrong, 
>>>>but it sounds like the client is looking for 1) a one stop shop and 2) a 
>>>>one time payment (with 'free' support over the 3 year life of the 
>>>>equipment).  Vision offers that and Dell offers that.  I don't know of 
>>>>many small Mom and Pop shops that can afford to sell a computer (with 
>>>>Windows) for $499 and then provide 24 hour phone support for small 
>>>>problems and then free, next day (or 4 hour, if you wanna pay the extra 
>>>>$$ to Dell) support, including replacement if necessary, on site for 3 
>>>>years after the sale.  Another factor here is that, most of the time, 
>>>>the issues aren't going to be hardware related.  I spend much more time 
>>>>removing virii, spyware, aware, undorking a profile, etc. than I do 
>>>>swapping RAM, hard drives or motherboards (which covers pretty much 
>>>>everything else since most OEM mobos have everything integrated into the 
>>>>mobo) at most Windows client sites.
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>>You need to sale some Acer's   Those things will keep you busy..
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>>>My personal experience with Dell is there support is virtually 
>>>non-existent.  They've sent it over seas as well and you get nothing but 
>>>a script reading bot on the other end.  The smaller you are, the worse 
>>>it gets.  Big customers get priority.
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>>>I don't know about Vision's service, but I don't think you're going to 
>>>get a computer for the same price as you would from Dell.
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