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- From: roking@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (robert king)
- Subject: Re: New Computer Recommendations: Brands?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.040333.24618@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu>
- Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 04:03:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov9.185948.25045@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> hartzman@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Les Hartzman) writes:
- >I'm looking for some recommendations on computer brands for PC-clones. A
- >friend is looking to buy a computer, and my source dried up. Is Gateway
- >any good? Compuadd? Dell?
- >
-
- Well, I was in an unusual situation for a Mail-order purchaser, I did
- not have a credit card. Gateway was more than willing to take a
- Cashier's Check for COD (with no COD charges).
-
- The sales staff was very helpful, and the system even arrived a little
- earlier than had been indicated. However, it was a 25MHz instead of a
- 33! When I contacted Gateway about it, the salesperson was very
- helpful,, and immediately cut the paperwork to get me my refund. I
- kept the 25 as it would have taken a couple of weeks to get the whole
- thing straightened out, and I would have to send the old system back as
- I did not have a credit card as security against the return of the old
- system once the new one had arrived.
-
- In their defense, the staff has bent over backwards to help me (once I
- have gotten in touch with them :) ) and would have covered the cost of
- the shipping to get the new system to me and the old system back. I
- managed to blow up windows playing with display drivers... and their
- tech support told me what I was doing wrong that was making Windows ask
- for a disk not included in the install kit (standard from Windows, BTW).
-
- I ould advise getting a tower, however, as there is no space in the
- mini-desktop for a second hard drive other than a hard card. The board
- can be expanded up to 64Mb, and a 256K cache. The board can also be
- blown out to 33MHz, and can take a DX2 (for 50 or 66). All in all not
- too bad. The system comes with a very comprehensize set of system
- manuals, a full DOS and Windows manuals.
-
- I could have gotten the 33 if I had really wanted it, but I was running
- the 25 and it was sufficient for my present needs.. In the future I
- will upgrade the system if I need to.
-
- So, you can draw your own conclusions about Gateway... I think I would
- prolly buy another Gateway. I will let you know for certain once I find
- out if the other person in my building that ordered a 33 gets a 33 or a
- 25 :) - but then they all call me paranoid.
-
- >I've heard good and bad about all, but any good recommendations about any
- >makers which are easy to deal with when problems arise (always the kicker!)
- >would be appreciated.
- >
- >I'm figuring a minimum of a 486/33, 200M IDE, SVGA monitor, et al. Any
- >recommendations on any of the above components is also appreciated.
- >
-
- The 14" is alright, but a bigger one would be better for 800x600 or
- higher modes in Windows or other such. Make sure your board is
- expandable, unless you are already planning to buy a new system in a few
- years when your current one becomes hopelessly outdated :) :)
-
- >Thanks in advance.
- >
- >Les
- >
- >--
- >Les Hartzman hartzman@kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov
- >Jet Propulsion Laboratory M/S 238-528 (818) 354-5964
- >4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA. 91109
-
-
- Bob King
- roking@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu
- Newsgroups: hartzman@kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov
- Subject: Re: New Computer Recommendations: Brands?
- References: <1992Nov9.185948.25045@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Distribution: na
- Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA
- Keywords: new computer, brands
-
- In article <1992Nov9.185948.25045@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> hartzman@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Les Hartzman) writes:
- >I'm looking for some recommendations on computer brands for PC-clones. A
- >friend is looking to buy a computer, and my source dried up. Is Gateway
- >any good? Compuadd? Dell?
- >
-
- Well, I was in an unusual situation for a Mail-order purchaser, I did
- not have a credit card. Gateway was more than willing to take a
- Cashier's Check for COD (with no COD charges).
-
- The sales staff was very helpful, and the system even arrived a little
- earlier than had been indicated. However, it was a 25MHz instead of a
- 33! When I contacted Gateway about it, the salesperson was very
- helpful,, and immediately cut the paperwork to get me my refund. I
- kept the 25 as it would have taken a couple of weeks to get the whole
- thing straightened out, and I would have to send the old system back as
- I did not have a credit card as security against the return of the old
- system once the new one had arrived.
-
- In their defense, the staff has bent over backwards to help me (once I
- have gotten in touch with them :) ) and would have covered the cost of
- the shipping to get the new system to me and the old system back. I
- managed to blow up windows playing with display drivers... and their
- tech support told me what I was doing wrong that was making Windows ask
- for a disk not included in the install kit (standard from Windows, BTW).
-
- I ould advise getting a tower, however, as there is no space in the
- mini-desktop for a second hard drive other than a hard card. The board
- can be expanded up to 64Mb, and a 256K cache. The board can also be
- blown out to 33MHz, and can take a DX2 (for 50 or 66). All in all not
- too bad. The system comes with a very comprehensize set of system
- manuals, a full DOS and Windows manuals.
-
- I could have gotten the 33 if I had really wanted it, but I was running
- the 25 and it was sufficient for my present needs.. In the future I
- will upgrade the system if I need to.
-
- So, you can draw your own conclusions about Gateway... I think I would
- prolly buy another Gateway. I will let you know for certain once I find
- out if the other person in my building that ordered a 33 gets a 33 or a
- 25 :) - but then they all call me paranoid.
-
- >I've heard good and bad about all, but any good recommendations about any
- >makers which are easy to deal with when problems arise (always the kicker!)
- >would be appreciated.
- >
- >I'm figuring a minimum of a 486/33, 200M IDE, SVGA monitor, et al. Any
- >recommendations on any of the above components is also appreciated.
- >
-
- The 14" is alright, but a bigger one would be better for 800x600 or
- higher modes in Windows or other such. Make sure your board is
- expandable, unless you are already planning to buy a new system in a few
- years when your current one becomes hopelessly outdated :) :)
-
- >Thanks in advance.
- >
- >Les
- >
- >--
- >Les Hartzman hartzman@kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov
- >Jet Propulsion Laboratory M/S 238-528 (818) 354-5964
- >4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA. 91109
-
-
- Bob King
- roking@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu
-
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