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Subject: 
Re: Shopping for a new PC...
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Date: 
Thu, 4 May 2000 14:17:32 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.^avoidspam^org
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Dan Boger <dan@giccs.georgetown.edu> wrote:
ewewewewewew.  Sorry, I have to deal with some gateways at work, and they
all, without exception, suck.  If you want a windows based machine, why not
go with dell?

Heh. I deal with dells at work, and I think _they_ suck. Nice case design,
sub-par performance. (This is the optiplex line; others may be different.)



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  Re: Shopping for a new PC...
 
(...) i deal with dells at work (like 30,000 of them or so) and i just love them to pieces (except the dimentions (sp) they suck)... i've dealt with compaqs, hps gateways and the special no-name brands that have the serial numbers scratched off of (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: Shopping for a new PC...
 
(...) laf... okie, have you found a window box that doesn't suck? We have a bunch of users that seem to resist the idea of converting to RH (for some reasonable or not-so-resonable reasons :) and I havn't found a platform I'd recommend for them, (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: Shopping for a new PC...
 
(...) laptop is far and away better than the Compaqs I've had to deal with. But for non-laptops, I prefer to build my own. Bruce (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Re: Shopping for a new PC...
 
(...) ewewewewewew. Sorry, I have to deal with some gateways at work, and they all, without exception, suck. If you want a windows based machine, why not go with dell? a quick look shows 1GHz PIII, 256MB 19" monitor, 40GB HD, DVD and CDRW for $4029 (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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