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In article <1993Jan21.215040.28428@VFL.Paramax.COM> pastor@prc.unisys.com (Jon Pastor) writes:
>In article <1993Jan20.203035.17472@src4src.linet.org>, scottw@src4src.linet.org (Scott Weintraub) writes:
>|> People aren't whining.  I've heard horror stories in this newsgroup about
>|> people who waited 11 weeks for their system!  We're not talking about supply
                      ^^^^^^^^
>The horror stories about 11 week delays are probably 5 standard deviations
>out.                     ^^^^^^^
>

Yesterday I posted a message about how I'd ordered a Gateway 66V 
November 6.  Today would have been 11 weeks exactly.  
                                   ^^^^^^^^
As fate would have it, two hours after my posting, Federal Express
brought the two long-coveted cow-spotted boxes to my front door!
Was I excited?  Does a bear sh*t in the woods?  You bet I was!

On unpacking it and turning it on, I had several pleasant surprises:

   1.  The documentation was very well done.  I doubt any "mom and
pop" computer store could do nearly as good a job.

   2.  The 15" Crystalscan was better than I'd expected.  Good contrast
and reasonable resolution, quite a flat screen (flatter than my NEC 3D
that I'm using right now).  The controls also allowed the image to
be expanded to fill the screen from edge to edge, horizontally and 
vertically (which I *can't* do on my NEC).

   3.  It is also very quiet (I opted for the Tower case); the HD
is a Caviar model (340 MB and only 1" thick!) and is obviously
quiter than the Western Digital drives talked about in this newsgroup.

Although I had to wait so long, I don't regret it, and recommend this
machine.  The only thing I would fault Gateway for is not being 
forthright in informing the customer that his/her special requests
may delay delivery.

But if you're willing to wait -- GO FOR IT!


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