[CoLoCo] Dual-boot and wine options

[David Overcash]

Except that you can get the bios updates from the motherboard
manufacturers.  : )

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:42 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>
wrote:

> Using a major brand also gets you web support, which in the case of Dell
> and HP is
> pretty worthwhile.  The BIOS updates alone are a big darn deal when you
> need them.
>
> > systems.  Sell it to them this way:  When you buy a computer from a large
> > manufacturer, all you are really guarunteed is a 1-year warranty on parts
> > and some basic Microsoft Windows support.  If they go white-box, they not
> > only save cost on the machine price, but if any parts do go wrong they
> could
> > just fix them in house or hire a consultant (like you?) to fix the parts.
> >
> > Buying a Linux machine from a large vendor really doesn't make sense ever
> > unless you don't feel comfortable building your own machine, or you are
> > buying a corporate package (i.e. servers, a cluster, bulk workstations).
>
> -- David
>
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