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I would really apprciate some advice from the PC Gurus on the following
configuration for a 486/33 PC that I am planning on buying from GATEWAT

GATEWAY 2000  33MHz 486 VGA

64 K cache RAM (25 ns)
8 MB RAM (70 ns chips)
1.2 MB 5.25" EPSON floppy drive
1.44 MB 3.5" EPSON floppy drive
300 MB ESDI Hard Drive (18ms) 10 M/Bits DTR
ULTRASTOR 32 K CACHE controller
Diamond Speedstar 16 BIT VGA board with 1 MB (1024x768)
16" NANAO Monitor (1024x768) (non-interlaced)
GATEWAY 2000 101 Key keyboard
DOS 4.01 or 3.3
Microsoft Windows 3.0
Microsoft Mouse
PHOENIX BIOS

Price: $5945.00

They are also offering 120 MB tape back up for $295.00 (how important is
a tape back up --you can tell I am new to this game!)

Money is not a concern here. What I would like to know is your opinions
on various components that are being used in this configuration. I know
that so far GATEWAY folks have had a very satifactory track record. So
I am not worried about the company itself but are these components very
reliable. If not, which ones should be changed and what will be a better
brand name for them!!

I thank you in advance and if the information is of general interest, I
will certainly post a summary. I read the news group regularly but in
the interest of avoiding a clutter on the newsgroup, you can mail to me
directly.

Pradeep Misra
pmisra@eve.wright.edu
pmisra@valhalla.cs.wright.edu