Looking for opinions on Gateway 2000 and alternatives

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From: Casey Leedom
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1991 23:16

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  I have a friend (who doesn't have any network access) who is looking at
buying a new computer.  He currently has an old Leading Edge IBM PC clone
which is still working but he wants something faster.  He's seen an ad
from a company called Gateway 2000 with the following salient features:

	25MHz 386
	4Mb RAM
	32Kb cache
	1.2Mb 5.25" floppy disk drive
	1.44Mb 3.5" floppy disk drive
	80Mb, 17ms IDE hard disk drive
	16 bit VGA with 1Mb of RAM
	Gateway Crystal Scan 1024ni color monitor (my friend was very
		unclear about this.  I couldn't get him to settle on
		what the scan rate was (60MHz or 70MHz) or what the
		pixel pitch was, etc.)
	1 parallel port
	2 serial ports
	DOS 3.0 or 4.0
	Windows 3.0

	total price: $2,500

	Gateway 2000 is located in North Sioux City, South Dakota.

Does anyone have any experience with this company or this package?  Does
anyone have any suggestions for what they feel are better
companies/better deals?  Please send all replies directly to me and I'll
summarize back to these news groups.  Thanks for your time and attention.

Casey

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Subject: Looking for opinions on Gateway 2000 and alternatives
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