From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 15 16:11:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C04B155FA for ; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:11:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA10640; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 17:10:34 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991215170740.04995e60@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 17:10:27 -0700 To: David Scheidt From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: dual 400 -> dual 600 worth it? Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <4.2.0.58.19991215092357.04938b50@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:45 AM 12/15/1999 , David Scheidt wrote: >HP aren't so bad about that. They do use a proprietary disk enclosure >system, but it is very nice, and we did look at other systems. Equivelent >systems weren't much cheaper, and didn't have as good guarantees about >long-term replacement part availability. If a system has a design life-time >of seven years, you want to be sure you can get spares in 6.5! (You can, of >course, stockpile them yourself, but there are non-trivial costs involved >with that. ) HP is the very WORST manufacturer when it comes to out-of-warranty service. Costs to do anything more than routine maintenance on any product that's no longer shipping are designed to exceed the replacement cost. They once wanted to charge me $350 for -- believe it or not -- a KEYCAP! (They wouldn't send it without charging me for a whole new keyboard.) In fact, in many cases, they just WILL NOT SELL PARTS. I'll never buy a printer or laptop from them again due to such policies. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message