Alan B. Pearce wrote:

> Err, yes, but that is not Dell in NZ ...

So? Even Russell seems to buy a lot of his stuff from vendors not in NZ.

Basically, Russell seemed to really only want to stir the pot, vent
something or whatever. He didn't really come forward with a lot of hard
data, like notebook vendors who do sell parts after a few years (not for
NZ, not for anywhere else :).

What he seemed to have wanted to say (according to his later explanations
in this thread) is "another reason not to buy a notebook" or "another
reason not to buy a Dell desktop" (even though the example cited in the OP
was about a Dell notebook -- adding to the general confusion that is not so
rare when emotional issues are treated as objective facts) or something the
like.

Gerhard

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