>>I do agree that some local vendors can respond to customers and provide a high degree of personal satisfaction.
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>>Our only problem is that many of the small computer shops out their in the world do not create good quality systems and we can not evaluate each individual vendor for our customers.
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>>As a general rule, we have received a much better result from the larger vendors in the area of quality.
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>I would have to agree that if you randomly choose a computer shop to deal with, you will suffer poor results. But, this is because a high percentage of computer shops focus on providing low cost systems. I would never consider buying a system from this type of shop.
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>Initially when you buy a custom-built system, it is up to you to make sure the parts going into the system are high quality. Once you are dealing with a good (ie. someone with the technical knowledge/skills) computer shop that you trust, you can tell them your needs and they will build the best system for the money. And they will get the EXACT components that you want. Brand name vendors do not do this.
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>I am not trying to convince you what is right for your situation. I am just saying that in my situation, I prefer custom-built systems. I can get faster systems with better capacities for the same money. With longer warranties. Of course people will argue that warranties don't matter since the life of a computer is so short. Well, the Pentium Pro that I work on will be two years old this month and it is still providing plenty of everything I need. I don't think I'll be getting a new one until the autumn.
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>Anyways, take it easy,
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>Joe


Thanks for the input...