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[vze28h54 at verizon.net (Chris)]

With entry level computers (like a Compaq) selling for $498 and pretty 
competent computers selling for $1,000 - $1700 it is a wonder Dell or any 
other computer company can survive at all.

Couple that with the (almost daily) increased capacity and falling prices 
of of CPU chips, memory, hard drives, etc., etc. etc. they can't buy in any 
real quantity and pretty much have to have the UPS guy delivering the parts 
for that days production and no more. Talk about "just in time" production, 
the computer industry is the epitome of that concept.

Dell has pretty much always been rated "A" by PC Mag for service and 
reliability. Probably more than any other PC manufacturer.

Chris

PS I once counted something like 13 countries represented on parts on a 
modem. Carribean, Pac Rim etc. Not all the parts are made in Mexico.

At 11:15 AM 08/05/2004 -0700, Dan Smith wrote:
>That's why Dell computers have gone to shit. All of the parts are made by 
>no-name companies in Mexico. Absolute horrible quality now. Pair this up 
>with a tech support based in India, where they are trained not on how to 
>fix computers, but on how to pass around a phone call. It's sad when 
>really good companies turn to complete crap due to cost cutting. The only 
>reason these companies are still doing okay is they're falling back on 
>their old reputation, which won't last for very long. Maybe execs will 
>realize that the cheapest path isn't always the most profitable one.
>
>Dan
>
>SequoiaGLX@twcny.rr.com wrote:
>Personally I think VW's problems have been because
>they outsource from SOO MANY suppliers. It has to
>be hard to keep a handle on QC on parts from so many
>places. Inevitably you get a bad part here and
>there, i.e. window regulator, MAF, coil packs.
>
>Plastic impellers probably work just fine on a piece
>of paper or computer screen....
>
>John K. Gates