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perth · 05-25-2004, 02:42 PM

I would suggest building one, if he's at all technically savvy. It's really not all that hard. Failing that, my only suggestion would be to buy a "business-class" machine from say, HP. The Evos, while not top of the line, are certainly good machines for a good price. I suggest business class for a couple reasons:

1. They're usually built with more thoroughly tested parts. As a business machine, the people in charge of that sort of thing are very intolerant of strange problems that should have been found in testing the machine.

2. Support. I actually know the guys who provide support, used to work in that department. And aside from the Server team, these guys (and gals) were the best HP had to offer.

Even if he doesn't go HP, I would suggest something from the business line from another company, because I imagine it's much the same way throughout the industry.

05-25-2004, 02:42 PM	#2
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	I would suggest building one, if he's at all technically savvy. It's really not all that hard. Failing that, my only suggestion would be to buy a "business-class" machine from say, HP. The Evos, while not top of the line, are certainly good machines for a good price. I suggest business class for a couple reasons: 1. They're usually built with more thoroughly tested parts. As a business machine, the people in charge of that sort of thing are very intolerant of strange problems that should have been found in testing the machine. 2. Support. I actually know the guys who provide support, used to work in that department. And aside from the Server team, these guys (and gals) were the best HP had to offer. Even if he doesn't go HP, I would suggest something from the business line from another company, because I imagine it's much the same way throughout the industry.