Clones

Yup, but there is always a warantee. On my clone, I got a warantee but the company soon went down the hole, and when my comp did break down, I was screwed. And I know DVD burners cost money, but I have saved up plenty, and I got a thou more coming at then end of the month.

clones work just aswell as band name pc's, just as long as you buy the right hardware such as the mother board and memory and harddisk drives and monitor. for starts asus is a well known company for motherboards and kingston is known for ram, and sony is known for monitors and for harddisk drives maxtor is known. hope that helps you out


illv //

Here is the thing, the stuff you are naming is brand name. Clones mean low cost stuff, from companies you have never heard of. So I mean, if I bought a computer with really good stuff, it would probably cost as much as a brand name PC.

I agree with Cwk9 and Illv. The main difference I have seen between clones and name=-brand computers are the parts they use. Many name-brand companies use name-barnd parts, while many clone companies opt for the cheaper, less reliable parts. I know this is a generalization, and I know there are many exceptions (I can name quite a few myself, bu that's just my personal experience. Some name-brands, however, are guilty of the same thing, just to cut their cost down and increase profits. If you build a custom computer (like the one I'm currently using), you have the opportunity to build a computer will all reliable name-brand parts, probably for the same price as a large company which will build one for you, but you'll have better parts. You will, however, lose the reliablity of the tech support (though how many *good* experiences have you really had with tech-support anyway?). If you're comfortable with hardware and troubleshooting via web searches, I'd opt for building your own computer. Just my opinion, though.

AJ

PS: Sorry for the typos (if you have found any)... I'm having some IE issues and have of my screen just cleared, so I can't see what I'm typing)