RE: Second Ethernet Card $$?

Leslie, your point is very well taken.  IBM levies a surcharge over
"commodity" hardware ostensibly because they guarantee that the NIC will
work as advertised, first time.  The question is: how often does
hardware/driver incompatibility hinder the PC install?  Is IBM's surcharge
worth it in light of that?

Back in the day, IBM's guarantee meant something, but in an age when
thousands of non technical home users install cards and memory without
problems, perhaps IBM are behind the times...

Buck 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: L. S. Russell 
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 2:41 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Second Ethernet Card $$?
> 
> If you need Intel or anyone else to install a NIC in your PC, don't
> worry about the cost; get out of the business.
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