psm@manta.NOSC.MIL (Scot Mcintosh) (12/06/90)
I'm considering purchase of a new 386/33 or 486/25 system. Would anybody like to share an opinion of PC Brands quality, reliability, and performance?
jmidili@hub.cs.jmu.edu (jeff midili) (12/07/90)
psm@manta.NOSC.MIL (Scot Mcintosh) writes: >I'm considering purchase of a new 386/33 or 486/25 system. >Would anybody like to share an opinion of PC Brands quality, >reliability, and performance? I was very happy with my PC Brand 386sx until I decided to install more memory. The manual said that the machine used 80ns SIMMs, so that's what I purchased. Well, when I got the SIMMs, they didn't fit. So I called Technical Support to confirm that my machine used SIMMs. I answer I received was "Well, it depends. Some machines use SIMMs, some use SIPPs....it just depends on what Taiwan ships us that week." I was outraged that PC Brand didn't even say in their manual that some motherboards use SIMMs and some SIPPs. I Tech Support person replyed that they were in a price war with their competition and could not afford to change the manual. The manual is nothing more than 60 xeroxed pages stapled together, I don't see how an extra page could hurt them. So maybe they'll when that price war, but they lost the reliability war for me... Jeff Midili jmidili@hub.cs.jmu.edu