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| Thread ID: 21605 | 2002-06-29 11:22:00 | OEM? | cadifan (286) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 58393 | 2002-06-29 11:22:00 | Can someone explain just what is OEM? | cadifan (286) | ||
| 58394 | 2002-06-29 11:37:00 | Origional Equipment Manufacturer :) | wuppo (41) | ||
| 58395 | 2002-06-29 22:23:00 | Well don't that make sense! :8} Thank You. |
cadifan (286) | ||
| 58396 | 2002-06-29 23:04:00 | Just to clarify a wee bit more, it's the equipment/software supplied to computer builders, so it comes without the fancy packaging and reading matter. For example if you buy a motherboard and cpu, you will probably qualify for OEM software. It will be in a shrink-wrap that says only to be installed on a new PC. An OEM video card will be just a card in an anti-static bag plus driver disk, not boxed as a retail version would be. OEM is usually much cheaper, but you may not get any instructions. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 58397 | 2002-06-29 23:16:00 | Thanx for the clarification, now it all make sense. | cadifan (286) | ||
| 58398 | 2002-06-29 23:37:00 | just to add to terry... oem can vary a bit. eg some oem cards don't come with any disks(ie no drivers) and also oem hardrives can come with no WARRANTY from the manafacture. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 58399 | 2002-06-30 04:01:00 | ... or cables ... which is helpful ;-) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 58400 | 2002-06-30 12:50:00 | Also some OEM hardware is slower than the Retail counter part. ATI Radeon's being an example. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 58401 | 2002-06-30 21:49:00 | not quite. ATI dosn't let any other manfacture make full speed cards. only ATI sell the top end models regardless off oem or not. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 58402 | 2002-07-01 04:55:00 | It goes to all levels, not just cards. For example, HP have made very nice Laser jet printers for quite a while. Most of the internal mechanism -- the engine -- is made by a large Japanese company. It's an HP printer, with OEM components. I have seen printers which look "just like" HP Laser Jet II printers. They have a badge on the front panel, just where the HP logo normally is, with another computer manufacturer's name on it. It's an adhesive badge. When peeled off, the Hp logo is there. At this level it's referred to as Badge Engineering . |
Graham L (2) | ||
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