ASROCK versus ASUS

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 06:39:49 +0100, "K-Tel Ronco"
<sameoldnonexistantip.TakeThisOut@customerofplusnet.com.not> wrote:

 ><SNIP>
 >" I am told that Asrock is a cheaper range "
 >
 >I have to agree with that. In a number of years of building The Asrock is
 >the only boards I Have ever had a failure on (and I have used some crap).
 >Not a catastrophic failure I may add, rear usb ports died. However I bought
 >it thinking it was a quality item. I forget the model, was one of these
 >maplin bundles that at the time seemed like a great deal.

I consider Asus No1, and maybe my logic is flawed, but I wouldn't buy
a budget board from Asustek. My guess is the likes of Shuttle, EPoX
and Soltek knows much more about how to build a cheap board.
They've been at it for much longer, and have had decent success with
it too.

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"~misfit~" <misfit61nz.TakeThisOut@yahoomung.co.nz> wrote in message
news:hc2cc.5489$d%6.96259@news.xtra.co.nz...
 > Piotr Makley wrote:
  > > "~misfit~" <misfit61nz.TakeThisOut@yahoomung.co.nz> wrote:
  > >
   > >> Wise people in the know who
   > >> weren't overly image-conscious bought Pulsar and saved
   > >> approximately 40% and got the exact same ultra-reliable watch.
   > >> They're made in the same factory, they just go to a different
   > >> 'finishing line' where they are fitted into either a Seiko or
   > >> a Pulsar case.
  > >
  > > But what about quality control? Is that different?
 >
 > No, not at all. I happened to be in a jewellers shop when a Seiko/Pulsar
rep
 > was there, just as they bought out the Pulsar brand. He was explaining it
to
 > the shop owner. The internals come off the same production-line, go
through
 > the same QT, and are then diverted to either the Seiko or Pulsar
'finishing'
 > line (for fitting into cases), depending on demand.
 >
 > As I said, my Pulsar hasn't given me a moments trouble in the 10 years
I've
 > had it. I told a guy who owned a Seiko (that he paid heaps more for) about
 > it and he didn't believe me until I showed him that they have the same
 > 'double
 > wave' logo on the back (both watches are 100m water resist).
 > --
 > ~misfit~
 >

Thanks for the heads-up, ~misfit~.

Just bought a nice Pulsar watch for £19.99 + Vat (Vat = 17.5% sales tax, in
UK). I might have passed on it for being too cheap.
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Doug Ramage<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->