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Re: ELBOX Birthday Promotion
« on: November 04, 2008, 12:44:08 AM »
Careful! Elbox doesn't like to have their online store badmouthed in online forums. They're particularly touchy when it comes to Polish monetary policies as well. Now that I'm married, however (my wife is Polish), I feel entitled to speak. In the past, Elbox's online store and their choice of payment processing system (mandated by the Polish government?) were quite misleading. Some of that may have been caused by Poland's tremulous economic situation prior to entry into the EU.

Keep this in mind: Elbox sells software packaged as hardware, primarily because no one likes paying for drivers. That's primarily what allows them to charge exorbitant prices for rebranded commodity hardware.
 

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Re: ELBOX Birthday Promotion
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2008, 05:27:11 PM »
I do agree on the price. I paid quite a bit for my Mediator ZIV (~350 USD), but a NIC and Voodoo 3 combined were only 20 USD (not from Elbox). I find myself using OpenPCI drivers whenever possible, however.