Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 14:33:10 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good buy or not? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970106142946.817O-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970105092857.wb2oyc@cyberenet.net>
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On Sun, 5 Jan 1997 wb2oyc@cyberenet.net wrote: > I wonder if anyone on the list may have experience with Packard > Bell machines, running FreeBSD? Here's another data point. Avoid at all costs. Certain models are virtually IMPOSSIBLE to get expansion cards working in. We have a couple of boxes out there that just cannot be networked. In addition, they're very cheap quality-wise, have little expansion capability and support is null. I can't recommend them (or Compaqs) unless it's someone I completely despise. :) Personally, I recommend either buying a custom built box (I got a tremendous deal though a local computer store that built a machine from very detailed specifications) or from Dell. Dell has excellent components and the customer service is bar-none. You pay for it, but it's quite worth it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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