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- From: tim@boxhill.com (Timothy Jones)
- Subject: Re: Gateway 2000 and ATI Technologies - The scoop
- In-Reply-To: harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu's message of Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03: 03:52 GMT
- Message-ID: <TIM.92Nov21105322@jake.boxhill.com>
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- Organization: Box Hill Systems Corporation, New York, NY
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 15:53:39 GMT
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- On Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:03:52 GMT, harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp) said:
-
- > the Ultra Pro controller and ships one that doesn't meet specs. If it
- > comes to it, we will ship the system back and buy one the has the upgraded
- > card from Gateway for the same price.
-
- I agree with you that they should provide the RAMDAC for free, since they
- advertised conflicting specs, but I think that you'd end up paying an extra
- $200 or so in additional shipping charges (depending on where you're located).
- I'm sure the money-back guarantee doesn't include shipping.
-
- Since the extra meg of VRAM and the RAMDAC cost $125, and VRAM goes for
- ~$100/meg, I figure the RAMDAC is costing ~$25, which is much less than $200.
-
- It's possible that the money-back guarantee could be excersied on the video
- card only, but since it's bundled with the system, I'm not sure. Personally,
- I'm willing to purchase the video upgrade since I want the extra VRAM and it's
- worth $25 for the RAMDAC as long as I can be done with this once and for all.
- This whole experience sure has left a bad taste in my mouth.
-
- Tim
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