I normally end up building my own stuff since I always have parts laying around. I try to stick with name brand stuff. I have been burned too many times by 'no-name' gear. My $.01 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 5:16 PM Subject: BYO or manufactured? > This isn't really directly about Linux, but what are your opinions on > building your own computer, or buying a Sony/Dell/whatever? I ask because > for the past few years I've been building my own, and it doesn't seem to be > working out too well for me. SuSE Linux 7.3 is supposed to have an amazingly > easy install, but it took me a week to install it, even though my computer > is very powerful. It always freezes somewhere, usually when it has to reboot > or on its way back to the installation from rebooting. But anyway, I > shouldn't go into all of that. I think a manufactured PC might work better > because I know the manufacturers test all the parts together to make sure > they don't "fight" with eachother, and because I let my friend borrow my > SuSE CD's and he installed it flawlessly on his emachine, with windows, and > that computer is about a third as powerful as mine. > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >