Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 17:10:27 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dual 400 -> dual 600 worth it? Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991215170740.04995e60@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.991215105422.57334C-100000@shell-1.enteract. com> References: <4.2.0.58.19991215092357.04938b50@localhost>
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At 10:45 AM 12/15/1999 , David Scheidt wrote: >HP aren't so bad about that. They do use a proprietary disk enclosure >system, but it is very nice, and we did look at other systems. Equivelent >systems weren't much cheaper, and didn't have as good guarantees about >long-term replacement part availability. If a system has a design life-time >of seven years, you want to be sure you can get spares in 6.5! (You can, of >course, stockpile them yourself, but there are non-trivial costs involved >with that. ) HP is the very WORST manufacturer when it comes to out-of-warranty service. Costs to do anything more than routine maintenance on any product that's no longer shipping are designed to exceed the replacement cost. They once wanted to charge me $350 for -- believe it or not -- a KEYCAP! (They wouldn't send it without charging me for a whole new keyboard.) In fact, in many cases, they just WILL NOT SELL PARTS. I'll never buy a printer or laptop from them again due to such policies. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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