last updated at 22 Sep, 2005 10:42 (1 times)
Hi BWG,as an assembler and reseller I know Elitegroup for years. Their products are actually not too bad - except for the Notebook I had bought some time ago: That was a 5300 model with a Transmeta 1GHz cpu. Actually, that stuff was really cool except for the graphics chipset which was a SiS315 AGP. It didn't work with Snap and Scitech told me that was because the chipset is actually not designed to be an "onboard" graphics controller and that they wouldn't support it unless SiS sends them (scitech) more technical information.
Sadly, I had to resell the NB and go for an IBM T22. The ecs (elitegroup) model was cool because of the energy-saving Transmeta CPU and the features (dvd-rom/cdrw combo drive, lots of usb that worked with os/2|eCS and so on). Only that darn SiS caused problems.
That again proved me, why I have certain... eh... "resentments" regarding SiS chipsets. To be true - I hate them. Nothing but trouble with their chipsets unless you install windoze. So if ecs again comes up with SiS chipsets, I'ld say "no, Sir".
As to the "ecs with ecs" - yes. That would be funny. On the other hand, the number of eComStation customers is too few to allow a manufacturer supplying a "preload service". But at least, Serenity could come up with a "ready for eComStation" certificate that manufacturers can put on their boxes if they supply a set of ecs-drivers on the CD.
(Which would actaully then be supplied by Serenity)
...sort of dreaming here, I guess... 
Greetings
Thomas