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Jim Prettyman <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 18 Feb 2003 07:07:51 -0500
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Lan,
        I would have charged after the third redo, I had a similar thing and
that did put a stop to it.
Jim

At 08:46 PM 2/18/03 +1300, you wrote:
>I have a customer who I'd have to classify as 'difficult'.  18 months ago, I
>built him a 1.4Ghz\256 DDR W98SE system.  Since then I've lost track of the
>number of rebuilds and repairs I've had to do to keep it running.  He, and
>his family, just keep breaking it.
>
>I'm going to give it one last shot, but it's occurred to me that maybe these
>people need an OS that'll take more of a hammering than W98SE  (like maybe
>an abacus)
>
>So, what do you think?  Win2K? XP? NT?
>
>Suggestions welcomed.
>
>
>Ian Porter
>Computer Guys Inc.
>Arrowtown
>New Zealand
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