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Do you ever get the feeling the media hates computer enthusiasts
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Miramonti
Lifer
I think so. When you read something like this:
<B>Conduit for Piracy</B>
Kastner also suggested that white boxes sold internationally may include a "bonus" for the buyer: pirated software.
...without referencing that this is more of the exception than the rule.
As if to imply its probably "more ethical" to buy from a large company like Dell or Compaq.
<B>Conduit for Piracy</B>
Kastner also suggested that white boxes sold internationally may include a "bonus" for the buyer: pirated software.
...without referencing that this is more of the exception than the rule.
As if to imply its probably "more ethical" to buy from a large company like Dell or Compaq.
Skyclad1uhm1
Lifer
That Dude probably got himself a Dell.
Wonder what he was smoking when he wrote that though.
Or who.
Shalmanese
Platinum Member
What is so anti-white box about that. You go to almost any asian country and it is considered standard that they will slip you a burnt CD with Win2K and a serial No scribbled on it with your custom PC. One of the reasons Dell and Co are having such a hard time penetrating thos markets. Something like 97% of software is pirated in Indonesia according to a recent study.
wait... ok, so what these people are saying is: people would rather buy what they want instead of prepackaged and prebuilt trash. this hurts the makers of trash.
is that what this is about? i bought a micron a while back, and it was ok, but i'd MUCH rather build the thing myself and not have to deal with getting a 28.8 modem that i don't need for 20 bucks. plus, i don't know if this is the same argument, but upgrading my own machine works a lot better than having to make dell do it.
is that what this is about? i bought a micron a while back, and it was ok, but i'd MUCH rather build the thing myself and not have to deal with getting a 28.8 modem that i don't need for 20 bucks. plus, i don't know if this is the same argument, but upgrading my own machine works a lot better than having to make dell do it.
PlasticJesus
Senior member
I see absolutely no slant in this article.
I used to work for an office of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok and practically everyone I knew had white-box systems put together at a place called Porntip Plaza (said like "Pontip"). Every single one of them had pirated OSes installed.
Pirated materials are standard fare in all of Southeast Asia and, at least to my knowledge, Korea.
In the U.S. such things are probably the exception, not the rule. Internationally though, as the author suggests, piracy is certainly the rule.
I used to work for an office of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok and practically everyone I knew had white-box systems put together at a place called Porntip Plaza (said like "Pontip"). Every single one of them had pirated OSes installed.
Pirated materials are standard fare in all of Southeast Asia and, at least to my knowledge, Korea.
In the U.S. such things are probably the exception, not the rule. Internationally though, as the author suggests, piracy is certainly the rule.
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