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- From: yxl5388@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Y.X. Liu )
- Subject: Re: Gateway Laptops
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.022940.3103@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- Keywords: Gateway
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- Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
- References: <1992Sep8.013707.25389@newstand.syr.edu> <14621@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 02:29:40 GMT
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- In article <14621@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> tso@cephalo.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Dan Ts'o) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep8.013707.25389@newstand.syr.edu> toshea@erc.cat.syr.edu (Timothy Oshea) writes:
- >>But I need to know what any of you have to say about the Gateway. Flaws,
- >>gripes with service, or other drawbacks would be valuable info for me.
- >
- > You should know that the Gateway's are made by TI. They seem pretty
- >good to me. One thing that I didn't like was the trackball. I think they
- >supply the Thumbelina. It just doesn't cut it, but I don't know if anything
- >else is better, other than, of course, the Powerbook trackball, or the real
-
- Hmm, I used the Thumbelina and I really like it. I was gonna buy one for
- my desktop machine but the local Computer City was out of stock. I use
- the Logitech First (Pilot) Mouse with my laptop, it's harder to carry
- around but it's the real thing.
- I don't like the TI/Gateway machines though, the plastic seems to soft
- to me and bends under very little pressure. Although a friend of mine
- insists that the case is excellent.
-
- >thing (full sized track ball or mouse). In general, I found nothing terribly
- >wrong with them and can recommend them. Gateway service is a little hard to
- >reach sometimes, given their tremendous success (I bought Gateways 4-5 years
- >ago, when they were just a cowpatch and service was really great), but in
- >general service is pretty responsive and at least ultimately satisfying: I sti
- >buy from them because I haven't found anybody else uniformly better.
- >Toshiba makes great laptops, but service from them is very difficult.
-
- Yep. My next laptop will probably be a Toshiba.
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