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From: mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Summary of Gateway 2000 info co
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Date: 5 Jun 89 01:41:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!mms00786    Jun  4 20:41:00 1989


Well, you are right and wrong. Right, because their deal cannot be beat. I just bought their 20MHz '386 machine with 4 Meg ram and 80 Meg SCSI drive. Obviously,
after I installed every last bit of software I own, the harddisk crashed. I
don't know whats wrong, but it only boots up once out of 4 times. Their tech
told me to format my HD; no luck. I also got an 800x600 VGA. It came with some
ORCHID VGA graphics card, which seems to screw up in autoswitch mode. Everything
autoswitches to CGA! Also, though their tech support people are quite patient,
they are hard to get hold off. I priced CompuAdd's system, and they are         
something like $700 more. I wonder if my woes are generally attributable to 
buying mail order or whether I might have been better off getting a more 
expensive system, like CompuAdd's. 

Anyways, even if I bought the cheapest system on the market, I still paid 
close to $4000. For that kind of money, the least I expected was a Hard Drive
with MTBF > 6 hrs!

Only comfort is their 30 day money back guarantee. For now, they promised to
ship me a replacement HD and an ATI VGA card. If those don't work out, well,
they can sure count on losing a sale.