[H] Acer to buy Gateway

Just heard on npr that Acer plans to buy Gateway Comp. Hmm, more consolidation. Maybe Gateway will get better Best, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net

Re: [H] Acer to buy Gateway

It's a funny world when Acer can make things better. I still remember them when they were extreme bottom of the barrel crap. I had a 5x CD-ROM from them (probably 5x because it wasn't able to reliably do 6x.) DHSinclair wrote: Just heard on npr that Acer plans to buy Gateway Comp. Hmm, more

Re: [H] Acer to buy Gateway

I thought the same a while back. But their lcds and laptops are great and good support. Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:49:19 To:The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Acer to buy Gateway

Re: [H] Acer to buy Gateway

At 10:49 AM 27/08/2007, Ben Ruset wrote: It's a funny world when Acer can make things better. I still remember them when they were extreme bottom of the barrel crap. I had a 5x CD-ROM from them (probably 5x because it wasn't able to reliably do 6x.) It is Gateway we are talking about. Even

Re: [H] Acer to buy Gateway

At 09:31 AM 27/08/2007, DHSinclair wrote: Just heard on npr that Acer plans to buy Gateway Comp. Hmm, more consolidation. Maybe Gateway will get better This is just an attempt by Acer to move up the chain of largest PC manufacturer. Not sure why that matters, but all the companies act

RE: [H] Acer to buy Gateway

Do Gateway actually build their own systems? What's the chances that Acer manufacture at least some of Gateways range anyway? Acer and Asus are pretty huge, but don't really have much of a name for themselves outside of the tech community. Both of them want to become more mainstream and not just

Re: [H] Acer to buy Gateway

We have several of their widescreen LCD's at work. They're OK - not great - and not something I'd get excited about except over price. The stands are junk. All of my developers who have Acer monitors have to stuff a few O'Reilly books underneath them to get them to a comfortable viewing

Re: [H] Acer to buy Gateway

I have been using telephone books for years... Rick Glazier From: Ben Ruset The stands are junk. All of my developers who have Acer monitors have to stuff a few O'Reilly books underneath them to get them to a comfortable viewing height.

Re: [H] The Disaster that is BioShock

You didn't create a stream account when you 1st installed? You shouldn't need anything more than that to install w/o the CD over the internet. zaske wrote: I bought HalfLife2 from Walmart for $40 and my 4 month old WD hardrive died. I tried to reinstall HL2 and Steam cried like an ass raped

Re: [H] Better Vidcard for Old System?

It's a good card as is the XT version, both are ~$200 and dead end AGP. Not much of an improvement over 9800pro unless you're going to use it for a few years. Raul Limos wrote: 1) Is there a better vidcard for this system for 2D? It needs to be AGP. Comment: I'm not playing any games these

[H] [OT] permanent Friday

For those who need a place to post the Friday-Off-Topic stuff - all the time. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wayofftopic/ Open enrollment for now (until the usual spam starts) -- -- -- G. Waleed Kavalec - http://www.facebook.com/p/G_Waleed_Kavalec/618860864

Re: [H] The Disaster that is BioShock

If I recall correctly you can't play the game without a Steam account to validate and activate it. When my hardrive died and I replaced it when I reinstalled the game with my legitimate CD key Steam complained saying my key was already in use. This is with the same Steam account. My best guess

Re: [H] The Disaster that is BioShock

wow, I installed Bioshock without a hiccup on the XP system you built for me Chris. It runs beautifully with almost all the settings maxed out. I have AVG, AdAware and Spybot, and have not had a single issue yet. That's not to say it won't happen but at this point Bioshock is a visually

Re[2]: [H] Acer to buy Gateway

Hello Thane, Monday, August 27, 2007, 9:04:07 AM, you wrote: It is Gateway we are talking about. Even Dell could make them better. :) lol, nice... -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

RE: [H] Better Vidcard for Old System?

From: Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Better Vidcard for Old System? Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:14:51 -0400 Ok...I know my PC is getting old.since I don't play games,

Re: [H] Better Vidcard for Old System?

Hayes Elkins wrote: Comment: I do like new, but I like to get some real-world bang for my buck. Just knowing I have the latest and greatest ain't good enough any more. Then dont bother, you are set :) I'm wondering if I'm just fooling myself...