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Michael Strahl (gmstrahl@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu) wrote:
: 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.

NO!!!  How could you have picked the TWO WORST!!  The Packard Hell
and the Asser!!  Price - Low because they're junk!

: 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, ...).

Cool.  Compaq, IBM  or a high-quality system from a mail order
vendor such as Micron, should suit your needs.

: With my needs in mind, will the Packard Bell or the Acer prove
: to be reliable.
:
Uh uh.  I do warranty repair work on Asser (Acer) machines and 
no only are they painted turtle-grease, but they suck.
The Hells you can't even upgrade.  One of the assers wasn't
compatible with the sound blaster.  One of the hells kept
ruining an 850MB hard drive.

 

 
: 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.

Best Buy = Best Price, Worst Quality.  And if you walk into 
CompUSA, look at nothing but Compaqs or IBMs.

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