Industry Standard Computers
St. Clairsville, Ohio
(740) 695-1520
30 Years In Business - 30 Years Experience with Computers - 25 Years with Networks & Security
The oldest system builder in the area, maybe in the state!
Best Labor Rate in the Area, $25 Shop, $40 Outside
Cheap Computer VS ISC Computer
The difference between every major brand and what you find at the discount stores and us is simple:
Them: Especially HP/Compaq, Gateway, EMachine
(Packard Bell), 1/2 of the Dells.. Windows is not legal or has invalid
serial number on the Certificate of Authenticity (pretty label marked with
Microsoft Windows stuck to your PC somewhere.)
Us: We install real Microsoft Windows with
a serial number that installs! Our Windows is not branded to ONLY
work in our computers. (Basically if you blow an HP motherboard you buy
a motherboard and Windows! In our computer you buy a motherboard.)
Them: They do not claim anything is new
and guess what they would be lying if they did!
Us: Our computer are new, period! If
you want 1/2 new we might be able to build one of those but why?
Them: If you need to upgrade the video in a
cheap computer in 2 years buy a new computer.
Us: In an ISC computer remove the current
video card and replace it with the new one.
Them: Major brands use an integrated motherboard
(all parts soldered on one board). The integrated motherboard was never
tested with other cards or memory or if it was it was on a very limited
number of components. Why would they, all the parts are on-board.
Testing costs money to the manufacturer. Lowest bid parts are not cheaper
if they spend money on testing or compatiblility.
Us: The parts used in our computers were universally
tested on many different operating systems, with different brands of hard
drives, modems, sound cards, video cards, etc. This gives our computers
a much better chance of being upgraded in the future and more compatible
at present with software or additional hardware like scanners or printers
or whatever.
The more compatible the hardware the more compatible the software.
Most often cheaper parts mean slower speeds.
Us: The computers we own personally are also the same computers we sell. When we compare brands, we let our customers pick what they like. What the majority picks is what we continue to sell.