From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 5 20:20:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id UAA06117 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 5 Jan 1997 20:20:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from dumbo.hh.kew.com (root@dumbo.hh.kew.com [192.195.203.133]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id UAA06066 for ; Sun, 5 Jan 1997 20:20:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from sonata (sonata.hh.kew.com [192.195.203.135]) by dumbo.hh.kew.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA04801; Sun, 5 Jan 1997 23:19:52 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <32D07D6A.3545@kew.com> Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 23:19:54 -0500 From: Drew Derbyshire Organization: Kendra Electronic Wonderworks X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kewms@kew.com Subject: Re: Good buy or not? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk wb2oyc@cyberenet.net wrote: > I wonder if anyone on the list may have experience with Packard > Bell machines, running FreeBSD? While I have no used one for FreeBSD (A family member did have one which self-destructed on her) , because as a general rule, I avoid Packard-bell. While PC's are almost a commodity item, they are not entirely, and Packard-Bells seem be to cutting corners to make them the cheapest on the market. Even as I look to buy a new cheap box for my parents, I'm looking for almost any other brand than them. In short, you get what you pay for. -- Internet: ahd@kew.com Voice: 617-279-9810 "MS-DOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years of careful development." - dmeggins@aix1.uottawa.ca