No good stuff. [was Re: imsai 2] - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

19 Aug 1999

Packaging, and packagin engineering is expensive.  If you take a close look
at those Packard-Bell or other US-made computers sold in the US, you'll see
better packaging that what's common in home-built/assembled computers.
Unfortunately, the better packaging accompanies a computer built with the
necessary offsetting quality in the "guts" which is a shame.

Dick

-----Original Message-----
From: Max Eskin &lt;max82(a)surfree.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Thursday, August 19, 1999 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: No good stuff. [was Re: imsai 2]

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  At 12:32 AM
8/19/99 -0400, Glen wrote:
less margin. The bottom line is it costs $20 to get _anything_ substantial
from a korean factory to your local computer haus. 

What I'm curious about is why these korean products must be "crap". It
doesn't take much skill to make a case or to make and test a power supply.

On the other hand, these crap cases are getting bought up like hot cakes
because there's nothing better, and there's no reason to make them higher
quality. That's modern c(r)apitalism for you...