On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:31:03 -0500, Lloyd E Parsons
wrote:

The advantage the small guys have is in custom configurations for
specialty markets. Because of the very low volumes, it is difficult, if
not impossible for the big guys to address that market except for some
generic stuff. And usually for the specialty market, if you buy from
the big boys, you have to overbuy to meet or exceed the spec you're needing.

Don't some of the big guys have Just In Time production? If I go to
a web site and enter all of my specifics, does it find my exact
computer in a warehouse - or does it assemble my computer to match my
criteria?

Of course, both types of computer makers need to warehouse parts. It's
expensive to stock a video card it might not sell. But a large
plant can afford to have a rarely sold card more than a small shop.

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