Registered: Aug 2000
Location: In a Blue, Blue State
Posts: 12548

I'm looking

Well, here I am at the Gateway store, fiddling with one of their models while waiting for them to total up the costs. Unfortunately they said my financing didn't go through, but I'll find out later this comming week why and straighten that out. Meanwhile I am looking at a $1700 system with DVD & free CD burner - more details to come later when the salesman gets done with the details statement.

Hopefully I can work it out & get my own computer soon, so I don't have to use the increasingly unstable & nearly full harddrive of my ex-GF's (including the sometimes sticky "q" on her keyboard. Her daughter has spilled so much food & crap in it I'm surprised that more keys aren't sticking!). Until then I will have to continue computing under primitive conditions.

Now if they only had a Gateway GF store where I could order the new specifications for a girlfriend and have her delivered to my door.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: hiding in your bushes..
Posts: 314

gateway sucks, build your own and save.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: NYC
Posts: 3598

yes, www.pricewatch.com


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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: here
Posts: 169

yeah, I have not heard too many good things about gateway, try pcmall.com

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Delaware
Posts: 5704

don't get a gateway, and quit obsessing about having a girlfriend. enjoy your freedom for a bit, sheesh!

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Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Florida
Posts: 316

My Gateway's power supply broke which consequently fried my motherboard. When I opened up the case of the Gateway, it became quite apparent just how ridiculously overpriced it was. There was no single piece of hardware in it to justify it's price. Besides the processor, every other piece of hardware in a Gateway box is of average/below average quality. As much as Gateway likes to tote it's systems as "top of the line", they are giving their customers an average at best computer for an inflated cost.

For $1700 you could build a system with better and faster hardware than anything Gateway has to offer. However, since you mentioned that you were looking to finance the computer, I can only assume that building your own pc isn't very feasible right now.

There are a lot of local computer shops out there that may offer financing. If you are unable to find one, and you absolutely have no other choice than to buy from a name brand pc maker, it would be worth it to check out Dell. You will still pay way too much for what you are getting, but you will get a better computer for the money.

As with any computer bought from a name brand pc maker, your first order of business should be to do a complete reinstall of Windows to get rid of all those extra shit programs they pre-install at the factory.

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: library
Posts: 19562

Aye, I got a dell and I was suprised, it's not the ugliest thing I've ever seen, and They seem to like handing out credit, they offered me a 5k credit line, I don't know why, I don't need a 5k machine

-m


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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Bangor, ME
Posts: 10153

damn man, go with Dell

from what i have seen they give out better parts for a cheaper price

the software bundles are what attract some ppl to pre-made computers
too bad i don't pay fo---------

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