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- From: poe@wharton.upenn.edu
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- Subject: Re: Microlab is a rip-off!!! BEWARE!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.095606.1@wharton.upenn.edu>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 14:56:06 GMT
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- In article <83386@ut-emx.uucp>, reza@magellan.ae.utexas.edu (Alireza Vali) writes:
- > I posted an article yesterday about ordering a Diamond 24X and receiving
- > a Stealth VRAM for the same price ($159). The company I ordered from is
- > Microlab. After installing the Stealth, I realized it only supports
- > 32K colors at 640x480 and not at 800x600. I decided to go ahead and send
- > it back for the 24X. Here's a brief summary of my conversation with the
- > salesman who sold me the card:
- >
- [Dialog deleted]
- I had a similar experience with Microlab, I believe I spoke to Jon as well.
- I called to order the 24X, after seeing the $149 price in clari.streetprice.
- I was told the 24X was on back order and cosat $169. He then said
- "We have the Stealth, which is a faster card in Windows..."
- (Benchmarks show the 24X to consistently beat the Stealth)
- I told him that I heard otherwise, and I really needed DOS performance as
- well (Primarily). His response?:
-
- "What, you still use _DOS_?"
-
- After a brief flame, he offered a lower price on the Stealth, I said forget it,
- as I wouldn't order anything from them. IMHO, BEWARE MICROLAB!!!
-
- Phil.
-