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- From: bobk@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (Bob)
- Subject: Re: Gateway CS1024NI = (!=) Mag Monitor
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.100035.20906@gibdo.engr.washington.edu>
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- Organization: University of Washington
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 10:19:04 GMT
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- huot@cray.com (Tom Huot) writes:
- | The Gateway Monitors are made by Mag Computronics. The other monitors
- | appear under the name MAG Innovision. I have heard that they are
- | the same and different companies at different times. I wish someone
- | would clear this one up also.
-
- etsiao@joule (Eddie Tsiao) writes:
- | I think these companies are the same. I visited their plant several months
- | ago to get some adjustments done for my monitor. My impression was that
- | they were in the process of reorganizing the company. I too, have seen
- | them refered to by both names and since both lead to the same phone number
- | and address, I figured they were just changing their name. When I visited
- | their wharehouse, I saw a *large* number of Gateway boxes. They provide
- | Gateway with various sizes of monitors from small 13" to their top-of-the-
- | line 17" digital sets. They have been mostly an OEM company but they are
- | starting to move into direct sales.
-
- Tri-Star also says it OEM's its monitors from Mag. Has anyone actually
- compared a genuine Mag monitor to either the Gateway or Tri-Star monitors?
-
- My general impression has been that Mag monitors (15f,17f) have gotten
- pretty good ratings while the Gateway monitors are regarded as mediocre
- at best. I would be surprised if they were the same monitors.
- ==
-
- Bob Seattle, Washington
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