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Old 02-28-2005, 11:18 AM   #2
doctorgonzo
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Yes, they are too good to be true in general. These computers prey on the fact that many people just look at gigs and megs: the only things they are concerned about is the processor speed, hard drive size, and amount of memory, and they want the highest possible. Of course, the devil is in the details. They use components that are older and therefore cheaper, but that aren't obviously lower-performance. If somebody sees "80GB HD", they aren't going to look further to see that's a 5400 RPM drive, nor are they going to know what that means. Ditto for RAM technologies. The stuff that people really don't care about, such as motherboard, chipset, number of free slots, and so on they are really going to skimp on.

If people want a store-bought computer I tell them to buy a Dell. Those ultra-cheap computers with the great-looking specs aren't a good deal.
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