Re: Linux Market share?

From: Jim (james_at_the-computer-shop.co.uk)
Date: 07/13/05 

Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 01:28:14 GMT

Larry Qualig wrote:
> "Jim" <james@the-computer-shop.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4mZAe.1096$vz5.696@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
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>>>I'd be most interested in hearing how you can under price Dell when it
>>>comes to assembling a PC. Assuming that your time is worth absolutely
>>>zero, Dell would still have you beat simply because of the economies of
>>>scale they are able to take advantage of.
>>>
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>>if all I want is a bog standard box, nothing special aesthetics-wise, I'll
>>go buy a Dell. But I'm a showoff, I like the Bling factor. So I buy
>>components and assemble my own. Sure, it works out more expensive than
>>buying a Dell with XP preinstalled, but it affords me the satisfaction of
>>knowing that I've built it myself. Kinda like raising a barn, yanno?
>>
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> Are you telling us that you put those green and purple neon lights in your
> case. I'm talking about "pimp my ride" but with computers.
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> Sort of like this....
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> http://aquaboxpc.com/products/halcyon/
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Yes. Totally. My clear acrylic box has: ten 6" neon bars, various
colours, 24 LED bolts holding it together, also various colours, 60 feet
of neon string, also various colours, 9 cold cathode lit fans, 4
blacklights, and all the cables are treated or have been switched out
for UV reactive. Everytihng is controlled by switches on the fascia,
with the exception of the fangear, which is all on thermionic diodes.
The face cover and side panel have been etched with UV transfers, the
the top fan has a few streamers tied onto the grille. Looks fantastic,
goes like *** off a shovel, and cost me an absolute packet. Saying
that, I did build it last year, and for what I paid for the processor I
could at today's prices, build the whole system in a cheap and nasty
steel midi tower case. 

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