I will take this as a segway to mention my favorite digital crack house: cedarpc.com http://www.cedarpc.com/index.php?open=onlinestore
If you like a bargain and don't mind doing a little leg work you can find new and used machines here at a deep discount. They usually have some new sealed box machines with full warranty for $100-$200 below retail. I picked up a Dell MiniTower with an Intel duel core Core 2.66Ghz, 4 gig ram and 640GB HD for $218. It is not a hot rod like you are spec-ing out but it is a very capable dev box/media center on the cheap. My $0.02 and worth every penny. G! On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Mark Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some thoughts to add to the mix. > > I consistently buy Dell laptops, for a variety of reasons, but primarily > for > their 3 year, on site support. As a contractor, even a single day downtime > is no good. > > No idea which part of the world you are in, but here in australia, I've > called tech support at 3pm and had a tech at my house 9am the next morning > to fix my computer. > > If you can find a brand of laptops that provide multi-year on site support, > it's invaluable. > > On another note - if you want the best performance out of your vms, put > them > on an external hd, the faster the better, with the fastest connection as > well. > > Anyway, just my experience, thought I would share. > -- Gerald Guido http://www.myinternetisbroken.com "Wait. We can't stop here. This is bat country." -- HST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335977 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
