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Re: Q: Are Packard Bell or Acer PC's reliable, and...

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From: devon
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 00:00
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In article <4ikjqq$iv4@ecom1.ecn.bgu.edu>, gmstrahl@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu 
says...
>
>I am looking into buying a Packard Bell or Acer PC from Best Buy.
>The attractiveness of these systems are their price and that
>Best Buy will give 1 year free financing.
>
>I am going to set up my system to run both DOS and Linux.  On the
>Linux side I want to set up a web server and do a lot of code
>development (i.e. C, C++, Perl, ...).
>
>With my needs in mind, will the Packard Bell or the Acer prove
>to be reliable.
>
>I'm looking for the pros and cons on each of these systems and
>any real life experiences dealing with Packard Bell, Acer and
>Best Buy.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Mike
>
>
Seems likethe thing to do to bash P-B........the PB I have had forover a 
year has not given me any trouble...,maybe thier support sucks and maybe 
it doesnt but all I can say is I havent had to find out!!  State of the 
Art?  No....reliable...yes!
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From: devon@computek.net (devon)
Subject: Re: Q: Are Packard Bell or Acer PC's reliable, and...
Date: 1996/03/24
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