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  2. From: ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
  4. Subject: Re: Gateway's Software Options?
  5. Message-ID: <22737@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com>
  6. Date: 14 Sep 92 14:17:14 GMT
  7. References: <1992Sep09.020012.22945@gibdo.engr.washington.edu> <1992Sep9.124046.12491@devildog.att.com> <thompson.716059294@hermes.socsci.umn.edu> <22439@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com> <puget.716172440@coombs>
  8. Sender: sys@ems.ems.cdc.com
  9. Reply-To: you@ems.cdc.com
  10. Organization: Empros Systems International, a division of CDC
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  12. Nntp-Posting-Host: otan.ems.cdc.com
  13.  
  14. In article <puget.716172440@coombs>, puget@coombs.anu.edu.au (Barrett L. McCormick) writes:
  15. |> Gateway has done very well in PC Mag's polls and what not, but my experience
  16. |> with Gateway has been such that I will never buy anything from them again.
  17. |> 
  18. |> In one year, they have had to replace two monitors, a video card, and a
  19. |> power supply.
  20.  
  21. Do you have Voltage protection for your system, surge/spike suppression?
  22. This is the only thing I can think of that causes rendon Problems.
  23.  
  24. IMHO a surge/spike suppressor is a must.
  25.