[geeks] this is where the mac should be

[Phil Stracchino]

Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
>> Dell does the same thing.  They call it the "revolver" (apparently
>> aimed straight at vendor's heads).  They issue multiple purchase
>> orders per day for popular items like hard drives, so that they only
>> have say 2 hours of inventory on hand.
> 
> You can see it in system consistency, too.  Order a batch of 80-sometime
> Optiplexes, and you'll see at least three designs of power supplies,
> hard drives from multiple vendors, memory from different companies, etc.

What a godawful way to run a business.  I wonder if Dell even knows
which machines got which parts, in the event of a recall?



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