When your business needs new PC, you might want to look beyond the big names such as Dell, HP or Gateway and consider local vendors who assemble so-called white box computers from industry-standard parts.

Decide whether you can live with no 24-hour phone chains (but then, is it so useful to talk to someone who just reads from a script, as opposed to to come until the local store open and you can call them or drop off your PC?)
Here are some of the advantages of local PC sellers:

1. They are more likely to worth you as a customer. After all, you may be 1/1000th of their yearly sales, rather than 1/1000, 000th of the sale of a big business.

2. They are more elastic. Do you covet an Intel or AMD processor? A particular motherboard? A hard drive by a exact manufacturer? They can give that, while the major brands often restrict your options.

3. They have a low overhead. While large company can buy workings more cheaply, they also spend millions on advertising. The local store can often compete on price, mainly when you upgrade the design offered by the big brands to something that is actually usable.

4. They use standard parts. Some of the big names in PC use proprietary parts, such as power supplies, that cannot be replaced with industry-standard parts. With a local PC store, you can specify exactly what you want to get.

5. They don't pre-load your computer with useless software. All the trial and demo version of AOL and other programs can really clutter your computer. If you’re local store installs Windows that is all that will be on your PC.

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