Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!hockey.cis.ohio-state.edu!thomas-m From: thomas-m@hockey.cis.ohio-state.edu (Malcolm Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Info on Gateway 2000 wanted Message-ID: <48626@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 16 May 89 16:12:33 GMT References: <1375@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> <2918@cps3xx.UUCP> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: Malcolm Thomas Distribution: usa Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 51 In article <2918@cps3xx.UUCP> scholten@cpsvax.UUCP (David Scholten cps) writes: >I am also very interested in finding out any information about these >computers. Please post to the net since more people than I are >interested in finding this out. > I ordered the following setup 16 Mhz 0 wait state 1 Meg RAM Seagate ST251-1 1.2 Floppy Everex EGA (It supports multisynch mnonitors up to 800x400) Samsung CT 14--- EGA monitor (w/ swivel base) 2P/2S/1Game port (25 pin seral ports) Front panel reset button. Table top case (not the tower which is $150 extra) for around $2540 including shipping to Columbus and AMEX surcharge. I only ordered 2S/1P but got the other ports at no additional cost. (They come 2S/1G on an I/O card and 1P on the video card. My only gripe with the computer is every now and then (too often for me) I get a message saying NMI interupt at "some location" S) shut off R) Reboot Any other key to continue. It's not so bad in most programs but it freezes Windows --a royal pain. They have a customer suport number (Tool free if I remember right) and a setup disk to help install the computer. Their return policy is any time withing 30 days. No reason needed. Full refund (less shipping). Someone I spoke to said that his monitor died within 2 weeks but gateway *cheerfully* and _quickly_ replaced the monitor. I shopped around for ages before purchasing looking for "that lowest price" that sometimes seems to elude us. I found them to be lowest until ~3 weeks after I had received the system. The new low price was ~ $80 less. Wasn't worth the hassle of returning it. In summary, I would recommend Gateway because I have had no problems with the equipment (and because I cannot remember the name of the cheaper place and have had no experience with the cheaper place.) -------------------------------------------------------------------- thomas-m@cis.ohio-state.edu | "Start of witty saying... Dept of Cptr/Inf Sci, CAE 239 | ...witty saying... Ohio-State-U, Columbus, OH 43210| ...end of witty saying."