Small Bitch Session
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HomeLAN
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Buy 'em in pairs with an external enclosure and run ghost form time to time, or (since most mobos today feature on-board SATA RAID), run 'em RAIDed. I prefer the former, since I've seen PS failures pop everything inside the case, but either one is a slick way to protect from fatal HD failure. Drives are cheap anymore.
Winky
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Yeah HL I'm dealin' with a cust. comp with Viruses\spyware right now
And you are right about the only PC worth having is a roll your own
but there ain't no (or very little) profit in that anymore as the generic off the self items are dirt cheap now-a-days
Oh well a PC, a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk
just a commodity item...
and competition from the guy in India or Manila for tech support
things ain’t what they used to be
Free tech support, you get what you (don’t) pay for…
And you are right about the only PC worth having is a roll your own
but there ain't no (or very little) profit in that anymore as the generic off the self items are dirt cheap now-a-days
Oh well a PC, a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk
just a commodity item...
and competition from the guy in India or Manila for tech support
things ain’t what they used to be
Free tech support, you get what you (don’t) pay for…
Altron
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You know what's an even bigger sham than $25 USB cables - Monster cables.
Seriously, they tell me to try to get people to buy Monster cables with everything I sell. There was this one guy picking up a $30 "cyberhome" dvd player and they told me to try to sell him a Monster component video cable for $80. Even if they're buying a VCR to use with a 13" black and white TV, you're still supposed to try selling the the Monster cables for it. Not to mention the overpriced install plan ($250 to take the fucking TV out of the box and plug it in) and the overpriced "service plan" where they fix it if it breaks. Except for the really high end flat panels and rear projectors, most of the shit is disposable. People buy it, use it until it breaks, and replace it. And it's not just for TVs. When I go in to snag one of the 80gb for $20 ($100 regularly, but tons of rebates) hard drives, they ask me if I want the $30 3 year replacement plan, when it says on the fucking box that the drive has a three year warranty! Previously I would give a sarcastic answer to that question, but once you work in retail electronics, your perspective changes. He's not offering to sell it because he believes in it (even though the etraining said "believe in the circuit city advantage plan and sell it"), but because the people at the circuit city management place put an hour long flash video in the etraining telling you to sell it. It's borderline brainwashing.
Seriously, they tell me to try to get people to buy Monster cables with everything I sell. There was this one guy picking up a $30 "cyberhome" dvd player and they told me to try to sell him a Monster component video cable for $80. Even if they're buying a VCR to use with a 13" black and white TV, you're still supposed to try selling the the Monster cables for it. Not to mention the overpriced install plan ($250 to take the fucking TV out of the box and plug it in) and the overpriced "service plan" where they fix it if it breaks. Except for the really high end flat panels and rear projectors, most of the shit is disposable. People buy it, use it until it breaks, and replace it. And it's not just for TVs. When I go in to snag one of the 80gb for $20 ($100 regularly, but tons of rebates) hard drives, they ask me if I want the $30 3 year replacement plan, when it says on the fucking box that the drive has a three year warranty! Previously I would give a sarcastic answer to that question, but once you work in retail electronics, your perspective changes. He's not offering to sell it because he believes in it (even though the etraining said "believe in the circuit city advantage plan and sell it"), but because the people at the circuit city management place put an hour long flash video in the etraining telling you to sell it. It's borderline brainwashing.
