Linux costs more than Windows
Ben Pfaff
pfaffben@msu.edu
31 May 2001 15:13:24 -0400
"Marcel Kunath" <kunathma@pilot.msu.edu> writes:
> I liked Compaq's site. It's straight forward. No differentiation between
> customer groups. Unfortunately they also bundle but they hit more my price
> point.
I've gotta say, I *like* Compaq right now. I have a new Compaq
Armada M700 and an old, very out-of-warranty docking station for
it. I had some trouble with the docking station and called their
tech support. First of all, there was no wait. I admitted up
front both that it was out of warranty and that I was using Linux
(not officially supported) and the guy still talked to me for 20
minutes to resolve the problem. He went to quite a bit of
trouble to find a manual for the docking station and emailed it
to me as a PDF file.
I can't say anything about the tech support for Presarios though.
I suspect it isn't as nice.
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