From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 6 14:33:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA05580 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 14:33:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA05572 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 14:33:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA00951; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 14:33:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 14:33:10 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good buy or not? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 5 Jan 1997 wb2oyc@cyberenet.net wrote: > I wonder if anyone on the list may have experience with Packard > Bell machines, running FreeBSD? Here's another data point. Avoid at all costs. Certain models are virtually IMPOSSIBLE to get expansion cards working in. We have a couple of boxes out there that just cannot be networked. In addition, they're very cheap quality-wise, have little expansion capability and support is null. I can't recommend them (or Compaqs) unless it's someone I completely despise. :) Personally, I recommend either buying a custom built box (I got a tremendous deal though a local computer store that built a machine from very detailed specifications) or from Dell. Dell has excellent components and the customer service is bar-none. You pay for it, but it's quite worth it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major