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173756 2003-09-08 09:16:00 Dell was and is just as competitive,as are Compaq and H/P,so I think they will keep the rest honest. Thomas (1820)
173757 2003-09-08 09:23:00 So what youre saying is that the profit now goes to the USA, instead of staying here. Pheonix (280)
173758 2003-09-08 09:39:00 >So what youre saying is that the profit now goes to the USA, instead of >staying here.

All bits come from overseas,PC only assemble the things,lots of NZ people will do that and with service if that is what you want.
Thomas (1820)
173759 2003-09-08 09:43:00 > So what youre saying is that the profit now goes to
> the USA, instead of staying here.

Profit?...what profit,they did just go bust.

All they managed to do was market a product that was cheap and nasty,making more sensible competitors products look expensive.And now after artificialy lowering the price,they have paid the price and gone bankrupt.

I for one hope the price of systems do climb again,and i hope the quality follows.

Oh btw,Compaq and HP are one company now,and the pc arm of HP has run at a loss for 90 percent of the time,including the last year.
metla (154)
173760 2003-09-08 09:47:00 Know whats its like, My Macrocom computer was choice, high quality, cheap, good service run like a Swiss clock and they went under.
I just felt sad for them, not angry because they were cool dudes. It just didnt like a few million volts in a lightening storm.
My replacement since then (Cant say incase they sue) is a blue screen of death machine.

tedheath
tedheath (537)
173761 2003-09-08 10:18:00 >Oh btw,Compaq and HP are one company now,and the pc arm of HP >has run at a loss for 90 percent of the time,including the last year.

Just so,none the less they do keep prices down.
Thomas (1820)
173762 2003-09-08 10:24:00 So what is the history... All I can remember is PC Direct, bought out by Gateway, what happen to Gateway? Macrocom went under, now PC Co are restructuring, for what?

What computers are The Warehouse selling now? They use to sell Gateway, are they now? I think last thing I saw was Compaq. When companies get desperate do they rely on The Warehouse? I don't know how well PC Co is going with Farmers, will have to wait and see what happens with the computers Farmers has.
Kame (312)
173763 2003-09-08 10:53:00 Over 20 years of Support and Service

This year The PC Company will celebrate its 21st anniversary . We have been operating since 1982 - the pioneer days of the desktop computer .

PC Company Outsells Multi-nationals in PC Sales for Q2 2002 .

The IDC (IT industry analyst) results published in the NZ Herald in August 2002 states that The PC Company's results in Quarter 2 2002 were clearly ahead of both Dell and IBM . The PC Company's total computer sales for Q2 2002 were second only to HP .
Thomas (1820)
173764 2003-09-08 11:43:00 Yes, fine Thomas, It is sad for any NZ company to have these problems. and you have showed us about their excellent history for 2002.

But now we are in 2003, ?
Bazza (407)
173765 2003-09-08 12:11:00 "PC Company ceases trading" - *Yesssssssssss! ]:) * PoWa. (3243)
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