Go for name-brand, not no-brand
Dec 10 '00
This for everyone who is going to purchase a computer: Always buy a computer from a name-brand company, such as Dell or Gateway. If you don't, you probably are going to get burned. Here's my experience with buying from a no-brand company:
Two years ago, I was flipping through some computer ads from a local computer magazine, looking for something cheap to replace my old 486 100 MHz computer w/ 16 MB RAM (those were the days!). Finally, I found a company that never heard of before that was advertising a cheap, good-enough-for-me computer. I bought it immediately since I was such a neophyte at buying computers back then, and was only thinking about getting the best deal for my money.
It was a 200 MHz Pentium w/ 32 MB of RAM, 2.5 GB hard drive, 4 MB video memory video card, 16-bit Sound Blaster sound card, and some other features. It sounded too good to be true for the price I paid that as soon as I opened it, I knew I had been screwed. First off, Windows 95 reported that I had 28 MB of RAM for some reason that I did not know of at the time. It turns out the generic video card was a integrated SiS video card that used system memory instead!!!! God forbid.
Next, after fiddling around my computer for a few weeks, I finally got around to seeing how much hard drive space I was really getting: about 2.1 GB of hard drive. It seemed there was 2.5 GB in the hard drive at first but it turned out there wasn't when I checked with a dedicated system information program. Now, next I found out there was a problem with connecting to the Internet whenever I was simultaneously playing MP3's: the sound card was really integrated too onto the motherboard!!!! These guys really know how to cut corners! Talk about how things can be too good to be true!!!! (dedicated parts don't use up as many CPU cycles as their integrated counterparts)
When I was getting fed up and was about to return the computer to the store, the company had already closed up shop and went out of business. That meant no customer-support nor help for me, the customer. I was totally screwed and stuck with a no-brand computer. I have since then wised up and bought name-brand instead.
To repeat what I just said: Do not buy a computer from a no-brand company. If you do, you'll just be paying for more (well, actually less) then you bargained for, such as the things mentioned in my experience. If you buy from a reputable, name-brand company, you'll know that you're getting top-notch quality of computers and service.
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