[Cialug] OT: what computer....

[David Champion]

Paul Gray wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 02:26:10PM -0600, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
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>>And just to keep this off-thread, and Linux out of the picture, let's say
>>Apple is not an option.  This person wants "Microsoft".
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>>What do you do?
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> ...you take the opportunity to interject that your rates to fix such systems 
> is $80/hour.  Because, inevitably, if they're asking you now, they'll ask you
> again when their system gets hoarked.
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True dat...

Really depends on their needs. Most of the time I'd say Dell, or go get 
something from CompUSA or BestBuy. Sometimes it's better to do a 
custom-built PC if they want specific things, or if you're upgrading 
from an old PC and can re-use a lot of parts.

You can also send them to one of the smaller computer shops if you think 
they'll need a lot of hand-holding, and you don't want to have to deal 
with it.

-dc