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From: jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Gateway 2000 Computers
Message-ID: <wbqJ5Sm00Wg1M8hdpI@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 9 Mar 91 21:19:26 GMT
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In-Reply-To: <1991Mar8.011318.28717@mathcs.sjsu.edu>

In summary ... I have to say DO NOT BUY THEM! ... I have heard from too many
people here (on campus) and back home in NYC who have bought a GATEWAY computer
because they are CHEAP.  And that is exactly what they are ... CHEAP ... in
price as well as quality.  Many of them had problems with right out of the box.
Things from not running protected-mode software properly (ie. freezing after a
few minutes) to system dropping dead altogether (things such as motherboards
and power supplies).  My friends, who have used GATEWAY said that they will 
never buy one from them again; and will spend a little more money and get a
much more reliable system.

I hope this will guide anyone of you planning on purchasing a new computer
someday soon.


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