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Who Wants to be the Next Dell?
cybercomm writes "Tom's Hardware has a very interesting column regarding the future of beige-box manufacturers, such as Dell, gateway, Compaq, et all. I found this article really thought provoking, since the author has raised some really interesting issues, especially concerning the fact that the writer of the column compares reviewers to the lowest ring of the ladder, and asks one simple question: Instead of whining, why not do it? Why should you learn all the specs on the latest processor and slam the competition just because you may happen to own a P4? Why not start the same way that the Dell, Apple, Gateway, and other founders took by forming your own store, getting in touch with Asian suppliers who "are more than willing" to give you discounts, just so that they can get their foot in the lucrative N. American and European markets. Very interesting reading, that raises another what-if scenario (what if you succed and your business is based on Chinas' dragon CPU, XGI card, open-source OS...)."
Can you still GET a beige box from dell these days?
Apparently Slashdot does, or is this a funny attempt at turning his servers into a crater one at a time and remove his sold out ass from the world?
There is nothing wrong with being gay. It's getting caught where the trouble lies.
So, where are the horizntal bar graphs comparing Dell, Gateway, HP, Compaq & Packard Hell? Why aren't there 30+ advertisements for whoever gave Tommy the most dough? Why isn't there a seperate section in the article with benchmarks on a bunch of those brand-name PCs? I want to know how Quake 3 will run at 1600x1200! How good are these babies in overclocking? This isn't Tom's Hardware! Someone messed with my DNS settings!
Untill I see at least 20 useless horizontal bar graphs with various benchmarks that mean nothing, at best, I refuse to believe we're talking about Tom's Hardware.
Hate me!
I'm a vegetarian. I grow much of my own produce. I don't follow traditional farming/gardening techniques. I sow a small number of plants and tend to each one by hand as if it were a valuable, prize winning rose.
I grow some really, really nice veggies.
As a result it seems as if every gopher within a 20 mile radius has heard of me and decided my yard is the place to live. It became a real problem.
But then I had a realization:
I'm growing the plants for me to eat. I don't get to eat my plants because the gophers are eating them instead. Well, that means that, in essence, the gophers are my plants.
Problem solved. Would you like extra crispy or regular recipe?
KFG