[mythtv-users] The new Acer Aspire X1200 - $459, looks great, could be a combined FE/BE

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Jul 8, 2008, at 9:15 PM, Raphael wrote:

> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>> On Jul 8, 2008, at 8:47 PM, John Drescher wrote:
>>
>>>> I paid $299 for my Zalman HD-160 (I bought it the day it came out)
>>>> and
>>>> I've been so happy with it. I was much happier spending the money  
>>>> up
>>>> front and not question if I bought the right case down the line.
>>>>
>>> I am not going to argue that these are not good cases because they  
>>> are
>>> but at these prices I would do much better with a prebuilt system  
>>> that
>>> costs less than $500 for everything.
>>
>> Absolutely! I don't mind spending a bunch more money than absolutely
>> necessary to save me the time of finding the right parts at the best
>> price, hoping it works, etc. I like having a nice big quiet case. I'm
>> sure lots of people would prefer a very small quiet case.
>>
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>
> So you're saying that basically you expect that whatever you buy it's
> going to be guaranteed perfect as long as you spent lots of money on  
> it?
> No need to do research or consider other options that might be  
> better as
> long as you spend lots of money? That probably isn't what you meant  
> but
> it sounded a bit like it. In my experience more money hasn't simply
> equaled more appropriate for the application.
> raphy

No, what I'm trying to say is that I don't mind spending a bunch more  
money than absolutely necessary to save me the time of finding the  
right parts at the best price, hoping it works, etc. And that means  
that once I find something and know it's going to work, I don't think,  
"This is perfect. Now I'll try to find something cheaper." I think,  
"This is perfect, here's my credit card."