Does inexpensive have to equal cheap?

The Acer Aspire One I recently acquired (and largely raved about) has developed what appear to be motherboard issues. It sometimes won’t boot, sometimes won’t make it past the BIOS, sometimes won’t recognize USB disks, will only occasionally boot from USB, and generally just isn’t working very well. The 9″ Aspire One can now be had for well under $300, but really doesn’t feel cheap. It’s quite usable (when it’s working) and felt like it could tolerate a fair amount of student abuse. To be fair, I haven’t contacted Acer tech support yet. I’ve been buried under scheduling and actually getting work done. However, it brings up a point that Apple has made repeatedly in defense of not entering the…
Source: ZDNet