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Well we always knew that Dell, Compaq, Gateway...etc, typically are proprietary in design, certainly for the desktop machines, however it seems even Dell towers may not be fully upgradable with off the shelf components that are non Dell. Sounds like a cash grab scheme to me as the Major PC makers seem to always charge more for their upgrades than what it would cost to buy off the shelf namebrand parts.
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THE DELL CORPORATION may think it's all over for its competition but that doesn't mean it can start dictating non standard ATX devices.
Bob Thompson, author of O'Reilly's PC Hardware in a Nutshell and owner of Thompson's Techno Grotto, claims there is a real problem with Dell's PCs because they're not bog standard boxes after all.
He said he has learned that the Great Satan of Hardware has used non-standard mobos and power supplies for the last few years, and says that although these use what seems to be a standard ATX connector, the pinouts are quite different.
Bob Thompson, author of O'Reilly's PC Hardware in a Nutshell and owner of Thompson's Techno Grotto, claims there is a real problem with Dell's PCs because they're not bog standard boxes after all.
He said he has learned that the Great Satan of Hardware has used non-standard mobos and power supplies for the last few years, and says that although these use what seems to be a standard ATX connector, the pinouts are quite different.
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