Issue in System
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Lakshmana said:
Asus P5N75-AM
Asus is a good board, for a home system (not considered appropriate for business use here.) I would, if possible, replace with the same board. Is there a reason that you are looking at a different board? Asus are not the cheapest, I guess you could save a few dollars but only the same board is going to be a transparent switch to the operating system. That board appears to still be available here, I assume that it is there as well.
Although AJ is correct, the cost of this board here in the US is easily double the cost of a new computer that is newer.
For a newer model board? That's not true. For the cost of an OLDER style board? Absolutely.
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Besides, isn't he basically neighbors with all the countries the computers come from?
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Besides, isn't he basically neighbors with all the countries the computers come from?
First, no, the distance from where he is to Taiwan, where nearly all computers of this type and obviously this one, come from is the same distance and similar terrain to saying aren't you basically a neighbour with Venezuela?
Second, being physically close (he is not) does not make things cheap. Shipping from Taiwan to the US has lower import barriers and lower shipping cost (nothing but water.) Shipping to him takes far more tariffs and shipping distance unless you put the parts on a plane which quadruples the shipping cost.
Third, low cost parts come from the used market. As used markets are more scarce and more sought after there, this makes no sense.
Fourth, low cost computers in much of that region don't originate there but originate here, in the US. That is where our low cost computers go when they are done with life here. The cost to acquire them here is so low and their value there is so high that there is an entire market in collecting used computers in the US, bundling them and shipping them to southern Asia and selling them there! Clearly the cost to acquire them directly in those markets is extremely high compared to here.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Besides, isn't he basically neighbors with all the countries the computers come from?
First, no, the distance from where he is to Taiwan, where nearly all computers of this type and obviously this one, come from is the same distance and similar terrain to saying aren't you basically a neighbour with Venezuela?
Second, being physically close (he is not) does not make things cheap. Shipping from Taiwan to the US has lower import barriers and lower shipping cost (nothing but water.) Shipping to him takes far more tariffs and shipping distance unless you put the parts on a plane which quadruples the shipping cost.
Third, low cost parts come from the used market. As used markets are more scarce and more sought after there, this makes no sense.
Fourth, low cost computers in much of that region don't originate there but originate here, in the US. That is where our low cost computers go when they are done with life here. The cost to acquire them here is so low and their value there is so high that there is an entire market in collecting used computers in the US, bundling them and shipping them to southern Asia and selling them there! Clearly the cost to acquire them directly in those markets is extremely high compared to here.
Hmm, I suppose.
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Or interesting note, did you know that New York City is directly north of Bogota?
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And Buffalo is directly north of Panama City?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Or interesting note, did you know that New York City is directly north of Bogota?
I know Ecuador and New York are in the same time zone. My cousin lived in Ecuador for over a decade, so that's how I know that...
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@thanksajdotcom said:
I know Ecuador and New York are in the same time zone. My cousin lived in Ecuador for over a decade, so that's how I know that...
We should start another thread as we've completely derailed BUT.... how did he like it? I'm planning on being in Panama over the summer and Argentina in January. Can't wait to spend some time in Central and South America.
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Ecuador and just the western tip of Peru are the only parts of South America in line with Panama. All of the rest of the continent is completely out to the east of Central America completely. South America is so staggeringly far east - there is something about how the isthmus lies that makes people feel like SA is under NA, but it is completely out east of us. Even Central America is far more eastern than you would think. How many people realize that Panama the country runs east - west and the Panama Canal goes north - south!!
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
I know Ecuador and New York are in the same time zone. My cousin lived in Ecuador for over a decade, so that's how I know that...
We should start another thread as we've completely derailed BUT.... how did he like it? I'm planning on being in Panama over the summer and Argentina in January. Can't wait to spend some time in Central and South America.
First off, she. Lol And she loved it. My cousin is by far one of the most interesting people I've ever even heard of. She's lived in Ecuador, Cambodia, and now is in China with her new husband. She has friends on pretty much every continent, and I mean close friends. Her passport is insane with stamps from every country you can imagine.
