[NTLUG:Discuss] Dell nightmare

[jubal12@juno.com]

How about this one?  Not as bad as Dell, but then I asked questions
before I bought it.

I walked into a Gateway store about a month or so ago because I had heard
that they would, like Burger King, build a desk top my way.  I was told
in no uncertain terms that they WOULD put Windoze XP on it and I WOULD
pay for it whether it was what I wanted or not.  Rather than let my blood
pressure go up, since all it had cost me so far was a little time and
gas, I just walked out of the store.  And I have no intentions of walking
back in.

I did, however, find out that MicroCenter in Richardson did have some
systems they would sell piecemeal without an OS.  This seemed like a good
situation, and they were certainly in the running, but I wound up buying
from IMS in Carrollton because they were a few dollars cheaper.  They
wouldn't put Linux on it, but did sell it to me without an OS (and
without charging me for one).  I am still happy with computer itself.  My
current dissatisfaction is OS based, but I have to run Windoze because of
my job.  To paraphrase an old country song, "I sold my soul to Linus, but
Billy pays the bills."

Bob
10-28-3

On 27 Oct 2003 11:14:20 -0600 Wayne Dahl <w.dahl4 at verizon.net> writes:
> On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 17:25, Thomas Cameron wrote:
> Gee Thomas, why don't you tell us how you REALLY feel?  <snort> After
reading the other replies, it's evident how many feel towards Dell.  
> So how do you guys feel towards Gateway?  They'll also build  whatever
you want and even load Linux on it for you also (no mandatory sucky OS's,
ie Windbloze).  I personally don't have one, but have always felt that if
I was going to buy one, it would be a Gateway.
> Waiting to see if there are any Gateway horror stories out there,
> 
> Wayne