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From: crs@lanl.gov (Charlie Sorsby)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Mail-order computers????
Date: 24 Mar 1996 05:12:45 GMT
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Please, if you post a follow-up to the group, be sure to
Cc: crs@hamlet.lanl.gov
because I can't keep up with the news group.
I'm looking to buy a computer on which to run FreeBSD. I will
appreciate e-mail from anyone who's had good or bad experience with
the various mail-order suppliers, suggestions, etc. Money is an
object, unfortunately, so I'd like to get the best bang for the
buck that I can. But I've read some scary stuff about mail order.
Suggestions about minimum configurations, how to be sure what I'm
getting mail-order, etc. much appreciated. My problem is that I've
used Unix for quite a while but am not very familiar with PCs.
So, who has suggestions, both for configurations and for suppliers
*and* for suppliers/configurations to stay away from?
What about Swan Technologies? Quantex? Cybermax? Etc?
Any help, suggestions, etc. much appreciated.
--
Best,
Charlie "Older than dirt" Sorsby "I'm the NRA!"
crs@hamlet.lanl.gov Life Member since 1965