Subject: Re: advocacy
To: John Nemeth <jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca>
From: Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 02/25/2002 21:04:58
John Nemeth said:

>     Okay, make it half (i.e. $900).  I got an Ultra 1E off eBay and
>didn't have any problems.  A friend got some other stuff and the
>keyboards were pretty beat up, so I realise that you are taking
>chances.  If you stick to companies with good feedback and warranties,
>you should be okay.  My personal policy is that I won't deal with
>anybody that says the stuff is "as is".

I know people who ended up receiving dead stuff, but if you got a good deal,
that's cool. My other hangup is that I won't use paypal.

>     Understandable since it is their bottom end entry level box and is
>aimed squarely at the PC market.  It is a desktop version of the Netra
>X1 (1U rack mount).

My two complaints are the USB keyboard/mouse and the IDE drive.

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Rick Kelly  rmk@rmkhome.com  www.rmkhome.com