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In message <4ikjqq$iv4@ecom1.ecn.bgu.edu> - gmstrahl@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Michael
Strahl)18 Mar 1996 15:16:10 -0600 writes:
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--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.
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--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, ...).
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--With my needs in mind, will the Packard Bell or the Acer prove
--to be reliable.
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--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.
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RUN!!! RUN!!! Run away from ANY Packard Bell machine!!!  Those are the lowest,
least-reliable computer systems in the universe.  Their tech support is nearly
non-existant, and their hardware is oft-times non-standard.  They generally
perform way below competitors on benchmarks and on real-world applications due
to their sub-standard hardware.  And forget about adding new components, they
generally won't work.  I've seen too many friends get bitten by the nice price
of Packard Bell computers only to be sorely disappointed later.

Acer, I don't have much experience with, so I'll have to defer to others on
that.

C. E.




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