On Tuesday, May 11, 2004, at 16:12 US/Pacific, Matt Pobursky wrote:

> Now, spec out a "name brand computer" with top-quality hardware and
> name-brand components instead of the cheapie-OEM-feature-stripped stuff
> that's standard and the cost actually rises considerably above what the
> parts cost from a reputable online vendor like newegg.com.

That might be.  But the cheap end of the spectrum is more interesting.
High end stuff is particularly annoying in how fast it ceases to be
high-end.  :-(  My cost factoring usually goes like:
CPU+ Motherboard: $100
Disk:                     $100
CD+Case+minor:    $100
memory:           $80

oops.  I'm already over what I paid for the last two Dells, and I don't
have an OS yet...  (ok, so one of those dells was really pathetically
memory-starved...)

BillW

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