🚀 go-pugleaf

I know this is a very old and tired subject, but well, here it is again.

I am in the market for buying a new computer.  I am looking at a price
celing of about $3500.  Here is what I want minimum:

486dx33
8M ram
200M IDE HD
HD 5.25/3.5 flopies
sound board
a FAST SVGA card.
a company that knows the computer, and isn't going to give me the F**KING
run around every time their G**-D***ed competer has a problem.  I am
tired of runing into IMBECELS that think that a clone can have only two
COM ports installed into the computer.

I have heard some good things about Gateway, and their 486dx2/66

However, I am warry.  I have heard good things about Comp-USA, and the
above statement about the company behind the computer applies to them.

As far as sound goes, I know I am opening a can of worms here, but
I want a sound board that is supported NOW, not will be supported
10 years from now, not is supported if I am willing to have this 40k
driver installed into memory.  I guess this means a SB-PRO.

I am willing to pay a lot for speed.  The first thing I want to do
is try and optimize the graphics.  I understand Gateway's machine
has an ATI on a local bus.  This is the type of preformance I am
looking for.  The second thing I would do is dump memory into the
system.  I have heard of some amazing feats of what can be done 
with a V-disk and 32 M of ram.  I probably won't be able to afford that
much, but memory is always good to have around (I will also be getting
Mathematica, which is a memory hog)

I am willing to pay a lot for quality.  My current computer is a Compaq.
(it was a graduation present... I didn't foot the bill)  As much as I
hate the propriortized system, and I will never, ever get another one,
I have to admit that I have had very little -> no problems with it.  It
has been working for 4 years, and I think it will be working 4 years from
now.  My problem with it is that it is a 386sx16.  great for word processing,
lowzy for just about anything else coming down the line these days.

I would apreciate realistic responces.  I am not going to wait for the
pentium, simply because it isn't here yet, and I have learned that in
the computer industry, if you want to wait for next step of technology, 
you will never buy a computer.

I would also like that if you are going to make a recomendation (or
a complaint) that you site the specific company that you are refering
to.  If you give me a positive review, I may want to know how to talk
to them.

Thank you very much,

W