Expres Cafe
Time to make this post on the Berson blog:
The Rebers have acquired the Expres Cafe in Shillington, PA. For the next few months that will be my location as I am the cook bottle chief washing…whatever that phrase is. You can peruse the menu at www.exprescafe.com. The website is kinda bland right now, but that should be updated in the coming days/weeks. And hey, if you’re in the area….swing by starting January 15th for a great cup of coffee!
Tip: Yet another case against “Big D”
Yes, it has to be the easiest thing in the computer world to succumb to the powers of Big D. For those of you who do not understand my crypticism, thing computer company, and thing BIG. Anyway, if you want a cheap computer that the majority of the world respects…you watch there commercials, you hop on the website, and three weeks later you have a box at your doorstep. Simple.
Well, not quite. Here’s my latest laundry list of why you SHOULDN’T shop at the Big D:
1) Inferior equipment. They’d never admit this to you, but the parts they use are junk. They’re acquired cheaply…VERY cheaply…and may contain serious issues that span the entire lot that the company purchases. Example: The Dimension 3000. This is the only computer that I know of that seems to have an actual expiration date! Tons of users have experienced the exact same problem with motherboard chipset failures that result in choppy audio, choppy video, computer slow-down (which is inexcusable), and then total failure. The biggest problem? Most of these issues occur just after the one-year warranty expires…literally at, 13, 14 months.
2) Driver support. If you love to be on the bleeding edge, and keep your computer up-to-date with the latest and greatest virus definitions, spyware defs, and drivers for all of your beloved parts, then the Big D should be avoided. Certainly, the first two are not issues for any computer…but when it comes to updated driver support, the big company falls flat. How? Submitted for your perusal (is that a phrase? well, it is now): Say you buy the biggest and baddest laptop the company has to offer. To make sure you can continue to play all the latest games and such, you must continue to go to THEIR website to download drivers as the drivers that are submitted by the actual part manufacturers are not approved for YOUR machine. Kinda sucks, but who cares, right? You’re still getting the latest stuff from Big D, so no worries. Right? Well, 1-2 years down the road, there are worries as Big D realizes that continue to produce updated drivers for your once amazing machine is costing them money. And each and every time a new driver is released from the original manufacturer, it requires more training for their tech support. So…they stop updating drivers. This would be a non-issue if you could go straight to the source and update at say…nVidia’s website or even ATi. But you can’t. You just have to hope and pray that Big D will send a crumb of a driver your way.
What’s my solution? Shop around! Pick up a Maximum PC or Computer Shopper magazine and look to see what other companies are out there. Look for a company that seems to have a great reputation online and don’t just settle for the bottom dollar machine. Or, you could just skip all that and buy a Berson3 PC by emailing ME. Heck, even if you don’t want a Berson, feel free to email me a couple of PCs that you’re trying to decide between and I’ll offer my honest opinion. Why? Because everyone deserves the best PC for their dollar.
~CR3
