They're not. You can get custom machines from www.powernotebooks.com, and their prices do beat both Apple's and Dells.
I also recall the press release when Asustek won the contract for Apple's MacBook... though I don't remember whether it was Acer or Crown that won the contract for the MacBook Pro.
I am not saying that other manufacturers are not capable of building stuff that way. But they don't let you assemble your desired PC via web. OK, except maybe for powernotebooks, but I don't know them well enough to trust them yet.
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After reading that line, I went to Lenovo.de and clicked on desktop pcs. The result was a "page not found page".
Maybe I'll try again in 10 years or so...
AFAIK Dell and Apple are still the only retailers where you can buy build on demand computers.
They're not. You can get custom machines from www.powernotebooks.com, and their prices do beat both Apple's and Dells.
I also recall the press release when Asustek won the contract for Apple's MacBook... though I don't remember whether it was Acer or Crown that won the contract for the MacBook Pro.
I am not saying that other manufacturers are not capable of building stuff that way. But they don't let you assemble your desired PC via web. OK, except maybe for powernotebooks, but I don't know them well enough to trust them yet.