Gateway vs Dell

I am trying to decide which P 2 300 to purchase----just for N2 on and off line racing. Any suggestions or cautions in which way to go? Anybody had good or bad experience with either setup??? Thanks

I got a Dell 233 mmx system a few months ago, absolutely love it! Support has been great also. -- Don Burnette I-65 Racing Dburn on Ten off line racing. Any suggestions or cautions in which way to go? Anybody had good or bad experience with either setup??? Thanks

I have a Gateway P5-166MMX with 32mb of SDRAM. The computer itself has been flawless. I was attempting to contact tech support to ask a few questions regarding my motherboard. No problem... just wanted to get some info. Was impossible. IF you purchase the Gold PREMIUM svc plan.. you get a "special" 800 to call. Otherwise... its very hard to get tech support. I found that on their AOL bulletin board you can get answers within 24 hours as long as its a week day. Computer is great. Svc is so so. I cant speak for Dell, other than their reputation is pretty good.

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> I got a Dell 233 mmx system a few months ago, absolutely love it! Support > has been great also. > -- > Don Burnette > I-65 Racing > Dburn on Ten > > I am trying to decide which P 2 300 to purchase----just for N2 on and > off line racing. Any suggestions or cautions in which way to go? Anybody > had good or bad experience with either setup??? Thanks

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I have a Gateway and paid the extra $100 for the Premium Service. No problem getting through and they are very helpful. Good thing because I have to drive past their factory each day and it would be even harder going to work if they had ripped me off. Brian

I purchased the Gold Plan... but it was not the "Premium" svc... I wish I had known. Buyer Beware Scott > I have a Gateway and paid the extra $100 for the Premium Service. No problem > getting through and they are very helpful. Good thing because I have to drive > past their factory each day and it would be even harder going to work if they > had ripped me off. > Brian -- ///////////////////////////////////////////////// // // // Scott B. Husted // // // // http://home.ptd.net/~sbhusted // // // // // // // // ICQ# 4395450 // // // /////////////////////////////////////////////////

For what little I have used Dell support I have found it to be excellent. Live tech support 24 hours a day. I received a service tag number with my pc, when I call i enter it, and get connected to a tech person that is familiar with my system. Only had to call them couple of times, longest hold was 15 minutes, was few months ago though. -- Don Burnette I-65 Racing Dburn on Ten

Irecently got a dell PII 266 and love it!!! I haven't had to call tech service yet so I can't speak to that point. From what I understand and have read here and other area's it's great though. as far as the computer... not a hitch. N2 runs like a champ full graphics full field. On the 19" monitor it's great and the altec 495 surround soun puts you in the car. when you come around on the first lap and the field is still in the pits it rattles the window-- just like it's suppossed to ;) "...and that's all I got to say 'bout that" Good luck on your choice! Fast laps in '98! R. Faust aka Xducer

My monitor broke at 7PM. I called Dell, and I had a new one at my door by 10am. They also took the broke one and paid shipping for both of them. Can anyone esle say that?

As a PC technician I work on these systems daily. Though both are extremely reliable units with excellent support and relatively few out-of-box defects, I would personally recommend the Gateway...based on customer satisfaction levels and the fact that I have NEVER seen a bad hard drive, system board, or power supply on a P2 Gateway. Both are excellent choices however.

I used to do tech support for Gateway PC's and I ended up buying a Dell. I guess that should say something. BTW, I love my Dell and have been very pleased with their tech support when I've called them. Ken The Game Pad http://gamepad.org/ > I am trying to decide which P 2 300 to purchase----just for N2 on and off line racing. Any suggestions or cautions in which way to go? Anybody had good or bad experience with either setup??? Thanks

So in other words you sucked at being a tech support guy and wouldn't want ot deal with someone like that when you called tech support? ;-)

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> I used to do tech support for Gateway PC's and I ended up buying a > Dell. I guess that should say something. BTW, I love my Dell and have > been very pleased with their tech support when I've called them. > Ken > The Game Pad > http://gamepad.org/ > > I am trying to decide which P 2 300 to purchase----just for N2 on > and off line racing. Any suggestions or cautions in which way to go? > Anybody had good or bad experience with either setup??? Thanks

-- Thank you Marc Johnson

I don't know about Gateway, but I have had Dell XPS133 for 2 years now and cannot say a bad thing about it. I have a minor monitor problem, and they had a new one here in a day. Top notch hardware for sure...way faster than other machines with the same spec's I've found generally. Paul

I just tried helping a friend of mine set up his N2 on his Gateway. I had all kinds of trouble, and still can't get it right. There is a video problem. It flashes like crazy, and we haven't found a cure for it yet. I'm not that impressed with Gateway anyway. Dell is farther up the charts too. -- Blake Please reply by posting to this newsgroup. NASCAR - Everything else is just a game ~~~~~~#24~~~~~#30~~~~~~ line racing. Any suggestions or cautions in which way to go? Anybody had good or bad experience with either setup??? Thanks

I read on this newsgroup a while back if you hit 0 for operator when calling the gateway tech support you'll get right in, just act a little stupid:-) doug

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> I purchased the Gold Plan... but it was not the "Premium" svc... I wish > I had known. > Buyer Beware > Scott > > I have a Gateway and paid the extra $100 for the Premium Service. No problem > > getting through and they are very helpful. Good thing because I have to drive > > past their factory each day and it would be even harder going to work if they > > had ripped me off. > > Brian > -- > ///////////////////////////////////////////////// > // // > // Scott B. Husted // > // // > // http://home.ptd.net/~sbhusted // > // // > // // > // // > // ICQ# 4395450 // > // // > /////////////////////////////////////////////////

Micron

I recieved an older (5+ years old) from my dad after he purchased a new one. Around 9 pm one night I decided to replace the internal battery, not knowing I was supposed to keep track of the cmos settings. Upon bootup the system had no IDEA what a hard drive was, and inputting the information for the HD into cmos is like figguring out the combo to the vault at Fort Knox. One call to Dell (at 10 pm) on their 800 line, They asked for the model and serial # and had me up and running in 5 minutes. Great Support from Dell! -- ============================================== = http://www.ctaz.com/~wyle = = The Wasteland BBS is FREE (520)-754-4731 = ==============================================

I would go with a Micron, I've had mine for six months and have never had a problem. Micron support is great.I have a 233 Millennia Mme Fusion 3D. I run N2 with every thing turned on and never had problem.