Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!motcid!dhiman
From: dhiman@motcid.UUCP (Ravinder Dhiman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Am I Getting A Good Deal?
Message-ID: <4303@cocoa11.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jul 90 12:54:52 GMT
References: <m0hwNrp-0000aLC@netcom.uucp>
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL
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noring@netcom.UUCP (Jon Noring) writes:

>My wife and I will soon purchase a 386-33 PC.  We've visited several makers
>in the Bay Area of California and would like some feedback on what we
[...]
>386-33 with 64K cache (the motherboard from Data ... - I can't remember the
>                       rest of the manufacturers name).
>1 Mb RAM
>1.2 Mb F.D.D. and 1.44 Mb F.D.D. (Teac)
>150 Mb ESDI H.D.D., 16 ms (NEC)
>ESDI HD/FL Controller
>AT I/O Card (25. IP. IG Port)
>VGA Card w/1 Mb (Orchid Pro-Designer II)
>NEC 3D Multisync Monitor
>Full-Size Tower Case with 250 watt Power Supply
>101 Key Enhanced Keyboard
>2400 Baud Internal Modem

>The quoted price is $3378 for the above system (not including tax).
[...]
>I thank you for your feedback, Jon Noring


You don't mention what you are going to do with the machine.  If 
you are just going to run DOS applications, save yourself some 
money and get a 386-20 (20 MHz).  If you are going to run Unix
or some other such OS, be careful about the motherboard manufacturer
and the maker of the BIOS (e.g., AMI, Phoenix, etc.), especially the
latter.
If you intend to do multitasking -- regardless of the OS -- you will
probably want more than just 1MB RAM (try 4MB).


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Ravi Dhiman
Motorola, Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div.
Arlington Heights, IL

Disclaimer: My opions only, not my employers.