Re: Do those big box vendors provide full technical support including OS related for users?
- From: "Eric" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:58:20 -0500
"smith" <@discussion.com> wrote in message
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'cause I built my own computer, I don't know if those big box vendors
provide full technical support including OS related and hardware for users
in case that cosumers bought the OS as well.
For my experience, if one built his/her computer, it would probably make
himself/herself a Geek.. He/she can not solve problem with the OS from the
whole computer vendors.
But why the home built computers are more common in Asia than in the West
just because they are much cheaper? or because Asian guys are more
enthusiastic with new technologies?
In Eastern countries (China), they probably build their own computers more
(or at least buy "barebones" systems) because of pirated software. China is
supposedly cracking down on software pirating, but as far as I know it is
still a significant problem.
In Western countries (USA), they buy more whole systems from big vendors
because most people who buy the computers are novices. Kids today are
growing up with computers, but the majority of the population (at least over
30 years old) knows very little about computers.
Big vendors offer customer support (someone to call when you need help
configuring your software or your PC crashes), and they tell their customers
what hardware they want. Novices need that.
Computer experts don't want to buy from big vendors because they tend to
charge more for their hardware to cover the customer support, and (since
it's their job to sell hardware) they tend to sell you hardware that will
need upgraded sooner. I see a lot of companies right now pushing systems
with 512MB of RAM, while it is recommended to have at least 1GB of RAM for
Windows Vista.
You also have to bother to research if you want to build the best system for
yourself, as a lot of hardware is not compatible. Most (Westerners at
least) don't want to spend the time on research, so if they try to build
their own PC, they could end up with RAM that doesn't work in their
motherboard.
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