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- Since I worked on a IBM PC, but I remember one of the things I didn't like was all the parts were proprietary. This is a mistake and they need to get over it. It makes the PC expensive and difficult to upgrade. If my floppy drive goes bad and I can't sling in a cheap replacement then I'm not interested in the PC. Compaq started doing the same thing and now the are owned by HP. I see it starting with Dells too. They keep making all these specialized systems that you can't change the video card in. We bought some of those specialized computers at work and yes they are cool but very limited when special needs come about. Anyway, I think that was part of their problem, expensive proprietary systems.
- Posted by: Arrg Posted on: 11/19/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
It's been a while
Arrg | 11/19/03
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And the times when you could upgrade....
vdraken | 11/19/03
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IBM stuff nowadays
phorvath2110 | 11/19/03
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Actually...
Yen_z | 11/19/03
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Still not shipping Linux
Mace Moneta | 11/19/03
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Still not shipping Linux
Loverock Davidson | 11/19/03
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Because it wouldn't make business sense
IT_User | 11/19/03
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Actually they did...
phorvath2110 | 11/19/03
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