Re: [TCLUG:10519] Computer System Prices

["sams" <sams@spacestar.net>]

try elitepc.com   They are mail order out of Texas.   I picked up a nice
machine from them and recommended them to another friend who has been very
happy with them too.

www.elitepc.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Maloney <root@bilbo.intexp.com>
To: Ben Beuchler <insyte@emt-p.org>
Cc: TCLUG <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Date: Monday, November 29, 1999 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:10519] Computer System Prices


>Ben,
>
>Let me tell you, the e-machines are NOT decent machines.  My little
>brother got one, and it's been nothing but problems.  It's more
>proprietary than compaq's used to be.  We had it for less than a month,
>and the power supply fan failed.  A month later we had problems with the
>HDD.
>
>For $100 it might be worth the hassle, but being forced to use shitty ISP
>services for 2 or 3 years is definately a bad idea.
>
>Just my $.02 USD
>
>Adam Maloney
>Systems Administrator
>Internet Exposure, Inc.
>(612) 922-3126
>
>
>On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Ben Beuchler wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Troy Johnson wrote:
>>
>> > Do any of you recommend computer systems to friends/family/customers?
>>
>> Constantly...
>>
>> > Are any of you sick to death of the $400 "computer" rebates tacked on
to
>> > new computers in advertisements these days?
>>
>> Not at all...  Competition does interesting things.
>>
>> I'm going to recommend to my brother-in-law who is looking for a cheap
computer
>> that he consider the E-Machines that are selling for around $500 minus a
$400
>> rebate if you subscribe to a year of some ISP.  Big deal.  E-Machines
build
>> decent computers for the price and even if the contract with the ISP ends
up
>> costing more then the computer, they would've bought internet access
ANYWAY and
>> this way it just works out to be an interest free loan.
>>
>> Not what I would buy, since I wouldn't buy a prebuilt machine anyway, but
not a
>> bad deal for someone on a tight budget!
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> --
>> "There is no spoon"
>> -- The Matrix
>>
>>
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