I think another strong point for cooperate love of tier-1 vendors is
component consistency
and supply chain
(When I worked at the Public schools board we got burnt by Acer arguing
and winning that
they were a tier 1 vendor. Needless to say we had some problems and got
back machines that were different and
wrought havoc with our imaging)
unit3 wrote:
>Lance Levsen wrote:
>
>
>>No offence, but that's hogwash. How hard is it to print out a check-list
>>of components and have someone else go over it?
>>
>>
>>
>Not hard, but how do you effectively test a complex component for
>problems? For instance, do you have the hardware to test everything on a
>recent-ish video card, which is often more complex than the rest of the
>system combined? Sure, personally you can do a reasonable amount of
>testing on your own system, but I'd doubt that a white-box company can
>put the same level of testing in that a first tier company can.
>
>It's all what that testing is worth to you.
>
>G
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