A New Gateway

Well soon I will be retiring my Gateway G6, 333 mhz computer and
getting my "new" Gateway DX430X. Really am excited as this one
will be "slightly faster" (grin). The old one has worked well
for me! Also the old EV700 monitor I heard so much negativityabout
has provided such good service and still has a great picture. Gateway
really did put out a great computer. I only had one repair and
that was the FlopOptical which never made it as the CD/DVD really
took off. 9 years of use and still working great.

Hope the new one will do as well.

Lee (in Florida)

Good luck and enjoy your new computer. In 2001 I retired my P5-133...I had
that regular old pentium running faster than a PIII I also had. Never had
to repair a single thing on it, they do make good machines

"Lee" <> wrote in message
news:IAeHh.11671$...
> Well soon I will be retiring my Gateway G6, 333 mhz computer and
> getting my "new" Gateway DX430X. Really am excited as this one
> will be "slightly faster" (grin). The old one has worked well
> for me! Also the old EV700 monitor I heard so much negativityabout
> has provided such good service and still has a great picture. Gateway
> really did put out a great computer. I only had one repair and
> that was the FlopOptical which never made it as the CD/DVD really
> took off. 9 years of use and still working great.
>
> Hope the new one will do as well.
>
> Lee (in Florida)

Smith wrote:
> Good luck and enjoy your new computer. In 2001 I retired my P5-133...I had
> that regular old pentium running faster than a PIII I also had. Never had
> to repair a single thing on it, they do make good machines

Hi

From what I have seen on the ng's there were a lot of derogatory
comments about GW but from experience I found they were great machines.
Take in case the EV700, never did hear many good comments but I had
zero problems and about the only thing I ever did to any part of the
computer was blow out the dust and believe me they do accumulate dust.
Just goes to show you can't always believe the written word.

Now I notice there is not much posted on this newsgroup so I would
imagine it is because they are satisfied and the machines are giving
good service? What I paid for the new one was less than the old one.
Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Probably to slow for a kid
but who knows!

I never did make any changes other than doubling the ram all the way up
to 256 megs (LOL) Now the new one will have 2 gigs! Times have changed.

Lee (in Florida)

There is not much posted on this newsgroup because sales of Gateway computers
have dropped off.... Ben Myers

On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:33:34 -0500, Lee <> wrote:

>Smith wrote:
>> Good luck and enjoy your new computer. In 2001 I retired my P5-133...I had
>> that regular old pentium running faster than a PIII I also had. Never had
>> to repair a single thing on it, they do make good machines
>
>Hi
>
> From what I have seen on the ng's there were a lot of derogatory
>comments about GW but from experience I found they were great machines.
>Take in case the EV700, never did hear many good comments but I had
>zero problems and about the only thing I ever did to any part of the
>computer was blow out the dust and believe me they do accumulate dust.
>Just goes to show you can't always believe the written word.
>
>Now I notice there is not much posted on this newsgroup so I would
>imagine it is because they are satisfied and the machines are giving
>good service? What I paid for the new one was less than the old one.
>Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Probably to slow for a kid
>but who knows!
>
>I never did make any changes other than doubling the ram all the way up
>to 256 megs (LOL) Now the new one will have 2 gigs! Times have changed.
>
>Lee (in Florida)

Ben Myers wrote:
> There is not much posted on this newsgroup because sales of Gateway computers
> have dropped off.... Ben Myers

Hi Ben

See you are still hanging in there though! Thanks for that btw! Well I
had my first problem and it is the same as the last time I bought a
computer from them. The old "the part we need is missing and the
delivery of your computer has been delayed". But as I said the computer
I have has worked great and has lasted even though it is slow!

But I am sure it would happen regardless of the computer brand you buy.
It was funny though same thing as the last time I bought. You would
think they would have enough stock to cover what they call the base
models. I could understand it better if it was something other than
what comes with the computer as listed on their site!

It is a shame that they do not understand when a person makes that kind
of a purchase they don't want to hear delays, they want it as soon as
possible or at least I do (grin)

Lee

Old habits. I still deal with Gateway computers, but much less so than in the
old 486 days... Ben Myers

On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:21:01 -0500, Lee <> wrote:

>Ben Myers wrote:
>> There is not much posted on this newsgroup because sales of Gateway computers
>> have dropped off.... Ben Myers
>
>Hi Ben
>
>See you are still hanging in there though! Thanks for that btw! Well I
>had my first problem and it is the same as the last time I bought a
>computer from them. The old "the part we need is missing and the
>delivery of your computer has been delayed". But as I said the computer
>I have has worked great and has lasted even though it is slow!
>
>But I am sure it would happen regardless of the computer brand you buy.
>It was funny though same thing as the last time I bought. You would
>think they would have enough stock to cover what they call the base
>models. I could understand it better if it was something other than
>what comes with the computer as listed on their site!
>
>It is a shame that they do not understand when a person makes that kind
>of a purchase they don't want to hear delays, they want it as soon as
>possible or at least I do (grin)
>
>Lee

On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:01:22 -0500, Lee <>
wrote:

>Well soon I will be retiring my Gateway G6, 333 mhz computer and
>getting my "new" Gateway DX430X. Really am excited as this one
>will be "slightly faster" (grin). The old one has worked well
>for me! Also the old EV700 monitor I heard so much negativityabout
>has provided such good service and still has a great picture. Gateway
>really did put out a great computer. I only had one repair and
>that was the FlopOptical which never made it as the CD/DVD really
>took off. 9 years of use and still working great.
>
>Hope the new one will do as well.
>
>Lee (in Florida)

Good Luck! I've been a Gateway person for many years. I've owned
several and bought most on line. Of all those computers, I only
replaced a sound card once. I currently have a 5 year old P4 still
running well. a Notebook and recently a GT528.

Just don't buy a Gateway from tBest Buy, Office Depot etc. . They
don't give any support and double talk you when you call. Of note is
the new BTX form motherboard for an Athlon 64 x2. It failed two
weeks out of warranty and there is none to be had. No internet
dealers nor any locall vendors can get that board. Gateway has them,
but will not sell you one if you bought it in stores.

When you talk to Tech Support or Chat with an on line Gateway tech,
you are talking to E-machines. When you talk to the parts people for
gateway, you are talking also to E-machines.

Good Luck

El Cugino wrote:

> Good Luck! I've been a Gateway person for many years. I've owned
> several and bought most on line. Of all those computers, I only
> replaced a sound card once. I currently have a 5 year old P4 still
> running well. a Notebook and recently a GT528.
>
> Just don't buy a Gateway from tBest Buy, Office Depot etc. . They
> don't give any support and double talk you when you call. Of note is
> the new BTX form motherboard for an Athlon 64 x2. It failed two
> weeks out of warranty and there is none to be had. No internet
> dealers nor any locall vendors can get that board. Gateway has them,
> but will not sell you one if you bought it in stores.
>
> When you talk to Tech Support or Chat with an on line Gateway tech,
> you are talking to E-machines. When you talk to the parts people for
> gateway, you are talking also to E-machines.

Hi

No I bought mine on line and I buy the warranty from them when I buy
one. Hell it is going to be bounced around by UPS or FedEX so why take
the chance and with electronics you never know. Better safe than sorry.
The times that I did connect with Gateway for assistance (Tech) I got it
and even after the warranty ran out they still gave service. Hopefully
it has not changed. Most places you call today read scripts they could
not afford to hire people like Ben or Edward to answer some of the
simple questions they are asked daily (grin) I have done a few of them
myself at the beginning.

I just got cured from Best Buy a bad HD and they wanted the whole damn
laptop. I don't give nobody my stinkin HD (LOL)

Lee (in Florida)

On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:45:47 -0500, Ben Myers
<> wrote:

>Old habits. I still deal with Gateway computers, but much less so than in the
>old 486 days... Ben Myers

Its just like the same tired old misconception that GW actually builds
computers much less knows anything about them. Just like half the
population still thinks their tax return is free money from the guv.

Hey they can take that ***FREE*** money from the guv and go out and
buy a new computer ***BUILT*** by GW.... or Dell or EMachine or HP or
Acme or any other Sales and Marketing firm pretending to be computer
manufacturers.

Amazing!

These guys may be able to help. I've bought 2 boards from them.

http://www.ascendtech.us/

"El Cugino" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:01:22 -0500, Lee <>
> wrote:
>
>>Well soon I will be retiring my Gateway G6, 333 mhz computer and
>>getting my "new" Gateway DX430X. Really am excited as this one
>>will be "slightly faster" (grin). The old one has worked well
>>for me! Also the old EV700 monitor I heard so much negativityabout
>>has provided such good service and still has a great picture. Gateway
>>really did put out a great computer. I only had one repair and
>>that was the FlopOptical which never made it as the CD/DVD really
>>took off. 9 years of use and still working great.
>>
>>Hope the new one will do as well.
>>
>>Lee (in Florida)
>
> Good Luck! I've been a Gateway person for many years. I've owned
> several and bought most on line. Of all those computers, I only
> replaced a sound card once. I currently have a 5 year old P4 still
> running well. a Notebook and recently a GT528.
>
> Just don't buy a Gateway from tBest Buy, Office Depot etc. . They
> don't give any support and double talk you when you call. Of note is
> the new BTX form motherboard for an Athlon 64 x2. It failed two
> weeks out of warranty and there is none to be had. No internet
> dealers nor any locall vendors can get that board. Gateway has them,
> but will not sell you one if you bought it in stores.
>
> When you talk to Tech Support or Chat with an on line Gateway tech,
> you are talking to E-machines. When you talk to the parts people for
> gateway, you are talking also to E-machines.
>
> Good Luck
>
>


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