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I used Acer branded workstations, servers, laptops pretty much
exclusively from 1997 to 2005 for my libraries, schools. They were
very reliable, had good physical build configurations, and good
lifespans. In fact, I have several of them (Acer Veriton model 7200
and 7500) still in service: very slow now, but still chugging
along. The most notable exception with reliability was when several
models were hit with the bad capacitor problem (very widespread and
certainly NOT exclusive to Acer, nor Acer's fault). The only reason
I stopped selling them is because I started custom building
everything and switched to using all-Intel components. I'd certainly
buy Acer (and AOpen) again.<br>
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FWIW,<br>
Chad
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866-214-6607 (fax)</small><br>
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On 1/24/2011 11:10 AM, Mann, James H. wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m looking to replace my circ computers
this quarter and my vendors are coming back with
recommendations for using Acer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If my memory serves some of the Gates grant
folk were buying Acer this year and I wonder if anyone has any
thoughts about them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TIA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Courier New";">Jim Mann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Courier New";">Technology Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Courier New";">Greene County Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Courier New";">76 E. Market St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Courier New";">Xenia Ohio 45385<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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