john@prism.TMC.COM (02/13/90)
I've recently seen some ads for PC-Brand 386 systems in PC-magazine that
look outstanding for value, if the stuff is not junk, and if they have
a decent service/technical department if things go wrong. Anyone out there
had any experience buying one of these things from them?
Someone here bought a 286 system from them a couple years ago and ended up
shipping the whole thing back before the 30 day try-out period.
But this is only a sample of one, and I'd like to know more. I'm tempted.
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JOHN DOWD john@mirror.TMC.COM
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Mirror Systems Cambridge, MA 02140eddjp@althea.UUCP (Dewey Paciaffi) (02/13/90)
In article <206900165@prism> john@prism.TMC.COM writes: > >I've recently seen some ads for PC-Brand 386 systems in PC-magazine that >look outstanding for value, if the stuff is not junk, and if they have >a decent service/technical department if things go wrong. Anyone out there >had any experience buying one of these things from them? Yes. I purchased a 386SX from them last October. I bought the SX with 2 MB of memory, 71 MB Miniscribe Hard Drive, 5-1/4" Toshiba floppy, Samsung VGA tube, 16 Bit VGA card, 2 serial ports, a parallel port and a game port. This cost me $2705.00 I partioned the disk in half running DOS on one half and Xenix 2.3.1 on the other. Under DOS I run 386 Windows, the Microsoft C Compiler and a boat load of other DOS stuff. Under Xenix I've just cooked up the 2.11 News and hope to get a connection soon. This machine has performed flawlessly thus far. The Computer Buyers Guide reviewed this machine *very* favorably last month, showing the Compaq 386s running neck and neck, or lagging behind in bench marks. The mother board is clean and well manufactered. I installed a Microsoft mouse without problem. The system uses the AMI BIOS, which I managed to screw up when installing Xenix. The support people were knowledgeable, and had me straightened out in a few mimutes. The Manual is small, but sufficicent. I would strongly recommend looking at them, their prices can't be beat. They been in business for over 6 years, and have been written up in various PC magazines for have Service 2nd to none. Dewey Paciaffi eddjp@althea.UUCP -- Dewey Paciaffi eddjp@althea.UUCP
john@prism.TMC.COM (02/21/90)
I've received a few responses so far, but not many. Perhaps I should have
said that I'll summarize them all when there's been enough time. So, once
again, please share your experiences good or bad with pc-brand systems,
particularly regarding service and support. Thanks in advance.
john@mirror a.k.a. john dowd
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JOHN DOWD john@mirror.TMC.COM
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Mirror Systems Cambridge, MA 02140