Originally posted by Cataholic

(....the componenets are made by one or two large manufacturerers, then, the big name companys assemble them, and put their names on it...)
That in itself is true, but the one or two large manufacturers make many different parts.......some of high quality, and some cheaper. The companies that use the better parts (Sony/Gateway/etc.) sell their computers for about 3 times the price, and it is worth it because they last, but I didn't think it was right for me to buy one of those when my brother knows how to assemble computers. He he he.....trust me, there is a HUGE variety of parts. There were several shelves at the store just full of different quality cd rom drives, hard drives, ram, sound cards, mother boards etc. The lower quality ones do go bad earlier.

And.........btw, my brother already fixed my computer. It took him 2 hours. I can't believe it......I thought it would take a week!!!

AND......its like 10 times faster than the HP was. Yay for techie brothers. LOL!