[P1] 17" Laptops

[Paul Bernhardt]

Therefore, the price advantage that people make great hay over for the 
PC disappears. You have to spend more money to be sure you get quality 
equipment that really will work without bringing you to tears.

Paul

On Monday, November 3, 2003, at 09:20  PM, Alric J. Lam wrote:

>
> Not to say this has anything to do with your case, so please don't 
> flame me, but I've found that if you buy more expensive (and generally 
> higher quality) parts for the PC, you generally have less interface 
> problems, usually because those higher priced items have better 
> support and more extensive testing, and generally are from more 
> established companies that have drivers signed by Microsoft, etc.  Of 
> course this isn't always the case, but this is how I've avoided 
> problems in general when I've had to own PC's in the past, after 
> learning several times by buying no name CD drives, RAM, etc.  Indeed, 
> Apple's got a better system, by strictly controlling the quality of 
> peripherals available for the Mac, but sometimes, it is nice to have 
> the options available in the PC world.....