[windows2000] Re: OT: Corporate PC Preferences?
- From: "Robert K Coffman Jr - Info From Data" <bcoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 08:23:52 -0400
> I think Dell-PSUs are differentely wired in the mobo-connector or
something),
I can attest, at least in the case of a Dimension 4700, that the mobo
accepted a standard ATX mobo, however the back plate of the case was
configured in such a way so that you couldn't install it without sawing it
out. Of course, an ATX CPU merely needs a place to breathe and some screws
to hold it in place, so all that extra metal had one purpose: To force
people to use Dell replacement parts...
- Bob Coffman
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[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 5:50 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT: Corporate PC Preferences?
For desktops we usually use a local OEM-brand. These are standard
"PC-Comaptible" clones built from generally available standard-parts - it's
easier to keep spare-parts doing this. After my first, and only, incident
with a Dell-PSU (must use [expensive] Dell-branded PSU in a Dell although
the format is same as standard, as standard-PSUs don't work with Dells. > I
think Dell-PSUs are differentely wired in the mobo-connector or something),
I don't approve brandname-desktops anymore at our department.
For portables we stick with HP/Compaq. It's easier with the module bay
accesories that way, as those are usually interchangable between models a
few years apart. HP/Compaq is a wee bit more expensive, but they also seem
to hold together better.
HTH.
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From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Snyder
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 3:31 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] OT: Corporate PC Preferences?
Just curious as to what people buy for corporate desktop PCs. We have been a
Dell shop for a few years, but their handling of the bulging capacitors
issue as well as the pain of dealing with their tech support over the phone
when we RMA stuff (I have to play "guess who we bought the PCs from") has
annoyed me enough to look at other options. The only other big players that
I can think of are HP/Compaq and IBM - anyone using their newest stuff
that'd care to report on them? Reliability, price and enterprise management
are my main concerns.
thanks.
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