I've went to about every online computer manufacture's site, and Gateway won me. Be on the look out too, cause I bought my Gateway PC that included a $100 rebate, which made shipping cost free. Another reason to go with Gateway is that the online site offers a lot of "custom" options, which is needed. Look at my specs as of July 2000: PIII 733(coppermine), 128 PC133 ram, 20 gig 7200 rpm hard drive, SB live value soundcard, Geforce 32 mb DDR video card, BA735 speakers, 48X CD-ROM, 17-inch Mitsubishi Diamond Pro monitor(.25 pitch,flat) all for $1700. No company could offer a better deal then this since and I repeat since, Gateway offered that $100 rebate.


Orright if you dont know, the components on my Gateway rock. Also another reason to go with Gateway are their prices of their monitors. You can get a 21" Diamond Pro monitor for about $650, and at any store/online vendor they would price this monitor at $1000+, see the difference?good. Another reason to go with Gateway is the great warranty they offer, ohh yeah plus there yourware program.


So my advise to anyone out there on buying a new PC system is to go to hardware sites, heres some helpful links: www.cnet.com, www.sharkyextreme.com, www.pricewatch.com, www.zdnet.com. Also remember that Gateway won me over by that $100 rebate. . .




Recommended: Yes

Amount Paid (US$): 1700.00
Operating System: Windows
Processor: Intel Pentium III
Processor speed: 701-800
RAM: 128
Internal Storage: CD-ROM
Hard Drive (GB): 13-20