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Date:	Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:18:46 PST8
From:	Zdenek Jizba <jizba@verizon.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: buyng a new PC

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J R FOX wrote:

>--- Zdenek Jizba wrote:
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>> Thanks for that information. My current PC came
>>from Inedible Blue.
>>It has worked fine but lately the problems have
>>started to multiply.
>>I had to install eCS on a "new" 20G hard drive but
>>with a "freespace
>>wasted" and unable to fix it with dfsee. The main CD
>>reader no longer
>>works and had to be disconnected. I have problems
>>with the printer
>>and cannot boot from the partitions with eCS 1.0 and
>>1.1
>>
>>
>
>Components do fail on you -- with monitors, power
>supplies, and hard drives probably racking up more
>incidents of this than a lot of other things. That
>being said, I guess I've just been pretty lucky. I
>typically keep a system &/or most of its components
>for as much as 4 - 5 years (the record is about 7
>years for one SCSI HDD), and I've experienced no
>catastrophic h/w failures. I've had one HDD begin to
>have mechanical problems shortly before it was due to
>go out of service anyway, burned out a couple
>monitors, fried one modem in a T-storm, had a keyboard
>and some FDDs wear out, gunked up a non-optical mouse
>with dust and misc. crud. But no MBs gone south, no
>bad mem.
>
>It may be that my preference for premium grade
>components has something to do with this . . . then
>again maybe not. I stay away from the Fry's specials.
> There are some places where you don't want to cut
>corners just to save a few zlotys. For example, I've
>been using the power supplies from PC Power & Cooling
>for over 10 years, and I think I've gone through 2 or
>3 of them, never having any issues at all, but
>retiring them after 4 or 5 years out of an abundance
>of caution. They definitely ain't the cheapest, but
>they are very reliable.
>
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Misery loves company. Clearly it pays off to buy quality hardware.
Now to find the best quality, I suppose it is highly correlated with
price?

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