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- From: david@datamark.co.nz (David Rowland)
- Subject: Re: Compaq vs Dell vs Gateway
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.044531.31592@datamark.co.nz>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 04:45:31 GMT
- References: <1992Dec10.182135.16322@julian.uwo.ca> <BzMp37.6sC@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Dec21.221059.29951@boingo.med.jhu.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec21.221059.29951@boingo.med.jhu.edu> pconnor@ishtar.med.jhu.edu (Paul Connor x5-8318) writes:
- >Our department will be buying 4-6 ibm pc clones within a month.
- >I am interested in the following system lines:
- > - Compaq Deskpro /M
- > - Dell 486DE
- > - Gateway 4DX**V
- >We are concerned with reliability more so than price/performance.
- >That is, for our situation, we would rather pay $1000 more per machine
- >if we were confident that we would have fewer system problems.
- >
- >Does anyone have experience with these systems?
- >
-
- I have had heaps of experience with Compaqs. These are the most
- reliable computers I have used. (NB - I havn't used either a Dell or
- a Gateway).
-
- With their recent price drop, this makes them more attractive then
- others.
-
- These computers come with their own strain of Dos called Compaq Dos.
- Microsoft writes it but Compaq include their own device drivers for
- memory management etc.
-
- I have heard that the Compaq support staff is almost non-existant,
- however, having never had the need to call them, I cant comment.
-
- I have had Compaqs running continuously with out it crashing (except
- for my programming errors) for months on end.
-
- Do you need anymore info.
-
- Dave.
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