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Where the heck did he get the idea that Gateway 2000 uses proprietary components??
I've had 4 personal systems and over 20 company computers, all from Gateway 2000, and
they all worked fine and NO PROPRIETARY components...  unless, he's referring to PCI
being proprietary?  or maybe ISA?  howabout EISA? or SCSI? or IDE? or EIDE? or Super
VGA?  oh, maybe he means RS232 is proprietary...? or PS2?

Ralph Medbourn

Ed Krauss wrote:

> Mike "LongHorn" Davis wrote:
>
> > , that said, stay away
> > from them. They use proprietary componants and industry standard parts
> > cannot always be used. I tend to groan everytime I open one up for a
> > client. If you are committed to mail order I would look and compare
> > prices of Dell and Micron. All standard parts and a reputaion for
> > building good machines. I built my own P2 but I would own either of
> > their 266's in a heartbeat, no question.
> >         All the best, Mike Davis
> > --
> >
>
>   I'm interested to hear that Dell parts are industry-standard now. They certainly
> weren't 2 yrs ago when I bought my Dell 133 - the stupid motherboard is
> proprietary and cant be replaced.
>
> --
> Ed Krauss
> e...@shore.net