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From: coy@ssc-vax (Stephen B Coy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Is Northgate Solvent?
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Date: 17 May 91 22:09:33 GMT
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In article <76324@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v053qgzj@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
>A fried asked me who to buy his new machine (probably going to be a 286 or an 
>SX at most) from.  I advised him to stay away from Gateway, eve though I am very
>happy with my Gateway, because I thik he will probably need more tech support
>than Gateway is providing.

If he's going to need this much hand-holding wouldn't it be better
to direct him to a local dealer?  There are several dealers local to
here that have prices in line with Gateway or Northgate.  You should
be able to find the same.  Having a local dealer to go to with
problems (or return hardware to) can make life a lot easier and the
savings in long distance charges and aggrivation will more than make
up for any difference in price.

Stephen Coy
coy@ssc-vax.UUCP

				BDIF