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From: mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Gateway
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Date: 13 Jul 89 18:07:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!mms00786    Jul 13 13:07:00 1989


Here we go again.

There is a big difference between Gateway 286 and 386 machines. I too posted
a note for info, and got a bunch of mail praising Gateway's service etc. On
later inspection, all those notes were from people with 286 machines.

Their 386 machines are bad; kind of like saying Hitler had his faults. First of
all, they are not 100% compatible. For example, you cannot put a Paradise VGA
card in it. It will *not* run Windows/386. Ask their tech support people before
you buy, and they will confirm that it won't. (However, their sales people will
tell you that God himself has one of the machines and has never called for 
service). Plus, they use some kind of wacko motherboard, and even wackier
memory. (Not SIMM's, not standard DRAM, some weird config of 5 64Kx4 and two
256Kx4 and so on).

So think hard before ordering.

I had a 20MHz 386 with 4Meg of memory. I returned it, so now I have a $180 copy
of MSDos. Any takers?

Milan
mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
.