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["David Wagoner" <dbwagoner AT yahoo.com>]

I can second the Dell recommendation.  My girlfriend bought a Dell desktop
last year and one night during a storm lightening fried the modem.  I called
Dell on her 3 year on-site support agreement and they had a local technician
come in a couple of days, look at the modem and say "yep, it's dead", and
Dell sent a new modem overnight express and the guy came back and installed
it.  No charge to my girlfriend.  I was really impressed and bought a Dell
laptop for myself.

However, one word of caution about Dell laptops.  I thought mine was great
until my company gave me a Toshiba 4300 laptop and it was much lighter,
cooler looking, and ran smoother than the Dell.  Of course it came with
Win2000 and my Dell runs the clunky Win98.  Check out Toshiba laptops
because I see lots of computer companies using them.

Best,

David


----- Original Message -----
From: "Maria Winslow" <maria.winslow AT dexxtra.com>
To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 9:33 AM
Subject: [internetworkers] where to buy a PC


> I personally only buy PCs from Dell, since I have spent too much time
piddling with
> machines that are unreliable, don't work with (fill-in-the-blank,
frequently the OS), are
> not flexible enough to add peripherals without installing a SCSI card
(which then won't
> work with fill-in-the-blank), etc. Dells are always reliable, and worth
the extra money.
> But if you do build one, don't get the cheapest parts. Even a crappy fan
can be a major
> pain later. Of course, I hate sysadmin  work, so I am biased against it.
>
> Maria
>
> > Hi
> >
> > My husband is interested in buying a PC for home use.  Basically he
wants
> > the most options for the least amount and is not attached to any
> > brand.  Any recommendations for places online or in the Triangle to buy
one
> > would be very much appreciated.  We know where to buy in Silicon Valley,
> > but alas we are not there.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Saundra
>
>
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