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- From: thompson@forsyth.wsnc.org
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Zeos (and others) general flame
- Message-ID: <1992Aug25.192143.79@forsyth.wsnc.org>
- Date: 25 Aug 92 19:21:43 EST
- References: <GERRY.92Aug24171444@onion.cmu.edu>
- Organization: Forsyth County, Winston-Salem NC
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- In article <GERRY.92Aug24171444@onion.cmu.edu>, gerry@cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes:
- > Buy a local bus 486 for < $2000, what a deal!
- >
- > The above is a paraphrase of a recent Zeos add. Of course, said
- > system comes with a 40 MB drive and a monchrome monitor. Now,
- > seriously, what type of idiot would buy such a system? Zeos, and
- > other companies that run similar adds, should stop this crap, and show
- > properly configured systems. The other thing about the Zeos ad that
- > bothers me is the hype and huopla associated with theie Option #4
- > package, which for most other companies, is the baseline
- > configuration.
- >
- > Basically, Zeos is over priced, has slimey ads and I will never buy
- > from them.
- >
- > [Yeah, flame me back Mr Zeos...]
- >
- > --
- > Gerry Roston (gerry@cmu.edu) | They that can give up essential liberty
- > Field Robotics Center, | to obtain a little temporary safety deserve
- > Carnegie Mellon University | neither liberty or safety. Benjamin Franklin
- > Pittsburgh, PA, 15213 |
- > (412) 268-3856 |
- > |
- > The opinions expressed are mine |
- > and do not reflect the official |
- > position of CMU, FRC, RedZone, |
- > or any other organization. |
- --
- Some of us in the real world appreciate being able to buy systems configured
- minimally for use as network workstations, async comm servers, or just as a
- basis to build a UNIX box. The super VGA and 200MB IDE drive is pretty use-
- less if what you're after is a mono display, 64MB RAM, 1GB of SCSI and so
- forth. It's nice to be able to get the bare platform and build what you need
- for the application in hand.
-
- Anyway, Zeos, Gateway, Dell and just about every other vendor out there (now
- including Big Blue) will configure a system exactly the way the customer
- wants it, so what's your problem?
-
- ____________________________________________________________________________
- Robert Bruce Thompson thompson@ledger.forsyth.wsnc.org
- Forsyth County MIS Department (919) 727-2597 x3012
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA (919) 727-2020 (FAX)
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