I wouldn't mind going to Dell... One thing that kind of scared me a bit from them is that I've known some people who have bought laptops and PCs, and I believe happened to get "lemons"... The support wasn't the best, one fella had to send off his laptop twice and didn't get it back for 2 weeks(each time).
I do believe Dell has a good reputation, why this turned me a bit off is because of the downtime I saw these people go through.... The poor fella I knew was left with much down time in his office. The company I'm prepared to deal with is local, they've been growing for quite some time and have an impecable reputation. They offer me 2 years, parts and labor. And if something does happen like a HD or some RAM dies I know they will replace it ASAP. I am, however always looking at Dells and a few other bigger brand name computers. That's where I'm at. Thanks, Yves On Apr 9, 2005 3:32 PM, Chris Manougian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just bought 2 servers from Dell â€" PowerEdge 1800s. I had a surge that > (beat the protector and) basically killed my P3 800 running Novell. My tech > really wanted me to go with Dell for support. I was skeptical â€" thought > the price would easily be beaten if I built it myself. > > For my tech, I bought 1 Dell, and went shopping to build a web server. The > Dell came with a 2nd Xeon Proc. “for freeâ€. The goal was to rip > the 2nd proc. out of the Dell and build a web server around it. I’m > very partial to Intel boards. > > Even with the free processor to play with, I couldn’t beat the price > of the Dell. Then, there was the building issue(s) to consider. A week or so > later, I bought the 2nd Dell PE 1800 for about $1,100. The machine might be > light for you â€" I didn’t put much into it. I just want to serve > a fairly basic website. > > I’m far from a computer pro in any category. When I was on eBay > looking to buy an Intel mobo, the seller was a little miffed that I was > looking at Dell: “I can’t see what people like so much about > Dell†â€" or something like that. > > What do you think about Dell? If there’s no problem, you might want > to check them out. I think they are still running the “get the 2nd > Xeon Free!†deal. > > Also, why Windows 2003 Web Server over Server Standard or Enterprise? > > Thanks - Chris > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153443 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
