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Re: Evesham reliability

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From: Neil Swann
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 12:54
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Taz wrote:

> Has anyone seen the August issue of PC Magazine, with a reader survey
> of service and reliability.  Evesham do very well for support etc, but
> their ratings for % systems dead on arrival and % systems failing
> during current life are right at the bottom of the heap - even below
> Time and Tiny.
> 
> Are they really this bad?  Was considering getting one of their
> systems, but am now not so sure!
> 
> Advice (and experiences) much appreciated.
> 
4 years and still running never any problems with machine except noisy cpu 
fan drop of oil sorted that. Oh and of course user induced faults when 
straying  into realms of what if....support phone line sorted those out 
fairly swiftly. If I was buying Evesham would be top of my list.
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From: Neil Swann <ucefreehere@hotmail.com>
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