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Non-Tech : Dorsey Wright & Associates. Point and Figure -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (3509)	12/21/1999 8:49:00 AM
From: mph	Respond to of 9427

D: I just got a Gateway computer. It's quite spiffy. Just plug in and go.... M

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (3509)	12/21/1999 9:56:00 AM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9427

Yeah, but GE isn't making it's numbers on their refrigerators. The thing about these Gateways that is nice is the Support but I don't need that. I think I spent around $4,000 for a Solo Notebook last year and whatever for this. Meanwhile, my son bought a few machines mail order that he had to put minor assembly time into, they never go down, they are 3 times as powerful and he spent roughly $647 for each plus $15 for a keyboard, $5 for a mouse, and less than a hundred for each monitor. Neither Gateway even has a speaker so I have to rely on Visual Alerts. I have the Mac set up for several alerts just so I have something audible. I tend to think they are sort of poorly manufactured. The Notebook, after a few months, cannot even shut down properly. A real pleasant experience in an airport. Once, I was halfway to Fort Lauderdale, pulling it out to catch up on work only to find I was running out of battery power because the machine was on during the entire trip. Anyway, enough of that. The Relative Strength of the machine is in a column of "O"s so it does not merit attention.