Hello

  I'm wondering why you don't consider building your own PC.  I'd think
that you are already performance and reliability oriented or you wouldn't
be using OS/2. There are so many advantages to "rolling your own"
not the least of which is cash savings but in general what can possibly be
bad about getting exactly what you want and nothing you don't want? It
would take me a good half hour to consider and write about all the
advantages and I really can't think of a single disadvantage other than
having individual and different warranties as opposed to one source and
even that is offset by your deeper knowledge of exactly what you have
installed and the benefit of having chosen parts less likely to ever need
warranty claims. 
  If you are simply concerned with whether or not you are capable of
building your own I can tell you that it just isn't diffcult and numerous
books, magazine articles and online DIY websites make it a step-by-step no
brainer.  Even a non-technical person can easily assemble a modern PC in a
liesurely afternoon amd there are personal benefits to consider as well -
the sense of pride and security of knowing intimately what you have goes a
long way to a sense of confidence of not being at the mercy of others who
certainly know less than you about what you need or want, especially one
using an alternative OS where hardware choices include driver concerns.  In
addition, I'm sure many of your fellow forum members would be happy to help
in any way.  It might be well worth your while considering this alternative
to one-size-fits-all for too many reasons to list.

Sincerely
Jimmy

> jharrison29 wrote:
> 
> > I am thinking about buying a Dell Dimension 2400n.
> >
> > It comes with "Integrated 5.1 Audio w/ Dolby" (but no
info on chipset)
> > or for an optional add-on, SoundBlaster Live! 5.1
> >
> > It comes with an integrated Intel Extreme 3D video card
> >
> > It comes with an "integrated 10/100" nic (no info on chipset).
> >
> > Has anyone used one of these machines with eCS?  I'd like to know if
> > any of this stuff will be a problem with drivers.
> >
> > thanks, Jon
>


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