Re: Good UK PC

In article <3edf13c3.1251908@text.news.ntlworld.com>, Mike Scott
<usenet.8@scottsonline.NO.SPAM.org.uk> writes
>On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 08:07:44 GMT, kony <ony_k@insightbb.com> wrote:
>...
>>
>>Then I suppose you're finding the same situation as many of us, that
>>there's little point to pay extra for limited, poor quality support
>>and be limited in component selection when you can just roll-your-own.
>>Half of the work is doing the research on the specific products before
>>you buy.
>
>Quite. I'd be more than happy to "roll my own", but for one problem -
>if there were to be any problems, I'd not have available a ready
>supply of components to swap out for fault-finding. And buying in
>extras would rapidly use up any money saved in the first place by
>home-building. Even a crummy commercial outfit has that advantage
>over the one-off would-be system builder.
>
Which is why I've taken to selecting all the components from one
supplier, then asking them to assemble it ...

Cheers,
Wol
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