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From: sjs@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Need Recommendations for Buying a PC
Message-ID: <1991Mar29.100252.105@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu>
Date: 29 Mar 91 15:02:52 GMT
References: <1991Mar28.214044.11416@cbnewsk.att.com>
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In article <1991Mar28.214044.11416@cbnewsk.att.com>, paulb@cbnewsk.att.com
(paul.l.bidwell) writes:

> I'm about to buy a PC (probably 386) machine. I'm brave enough to go
> mail order. Are mail order firms generally reliable?
> 
> I know some people who've purchased from Gateway. Does anyone have any
> other recommendations?
> 

I've dealt with CompuAdd (desktop) and Zeos (laptop).  I've had no problems
with quality or support.

Check computer magazine issues ads from several years ago; if a mail order
company has been in business for a long time, it must be doing something
right.

> Next, I would like to buy a word processor. WordPerfect seems to be the
> industry standard. I've also read a review that said Word for Windows
> is the best word processor going. Any comments on a recommended word
> processor?

I've used WordPerfect and Word (DOS version), and I prefer Word.  It's
too easy in WP to trip over those stupid imbedded codes, accidently delete
codes (like column format), or end up with codes being duplicated thousands
of times.  Or, if you move the cursor over one too many spaces in WP, you
can end up beyond or in the middle of some format you didn't mean to
be in.