[wellylug] Computer System Vendor Wgtn

[thou82 at xtra.co.nz]

Hi Mark,

I work for a SMB in lower hutt that services SMBs in the Wellington Region.

Traditionally, it has been our experience that if we stick with major manufacturers, namely IBM and HP, we get far more reliability than from the white-box suppliers out there. Furthermore, we only sell business grade products, rather than the pavilion range found in retail shops. Again, we do this because long-term, we find them to be more reliable, have better support, and end up having a lower Total cost of ownership, despite the sometimes slightly higher up-front cost.

If you are interested in a quote, I can have one prepared with workstations that are known to have good linux compatibilites. Get back to me if I can help.

Regards,
Chris
---- Mark Foster <blakjak at blakjak.net> wrote: 
> Hi guys...
> 
> This has probably been asked before, but your indulgence begged...
> 
> I will soon be looking to upgrade my home PC (desktop) and being a 
> relative newb to the Wellington Market, hope some here may help.
> 
> What I want to buy is a 'known-good working system' that consists of:
> 
> - Mobo with Ethernet, Sound (offboard or onboard... but can't be too 
> crappy).  Happy with Intel or AMD but am largely looking for 
> bang-for-buck.
> - Decent Graphics Capabilities (may be upgraded later) - could live with 
> onboard for now as long as its disable-able in hardware.
> - Ram (1-2GB... if only 1GB now must be upgradable)
> - Hard Disks
> - USB, PS2, Serial Port, Parrelell Port preferred (I like backward 
> compatibility ;-) And I have an external modem..)
> - DVDRW Drive
> - Midi Tower Case I guess.
> 
> What I do not need:
> 
> - Keyboard
> - Mouse
> - Monitor
> 
> Must be Linux Compatible, of course.
> 
> I could buy the components and build this up myself but there must be 
> outfits that do pre-built custom kitsets that are tested and known to work 
> / be stable???
> 
> Thats system 1.
> 
> System 2, to potentially be bought simulatenously, is to become a 
> replacement for my telehoused box, eventually...
> 
> - Mobo and CPU of middle-spec but tested stable.
> - Min 1GB of ram
> - IDE or SATA HDD
> - CDROM or better (not hugely fussy; could go without but having one it it 
> just makes life easier later)
> - USB for Keyboard preferred
> - Network Card of course
> 
> Note the notably lower spec; no requirement for sound, graphics etc.  The 
> key desire though is that the case that it comes in be relatively 
> _small_... id happily go with the need for reduced-height expansion cards.
> 
> 
> If anyone has any suggested vendors who can cut a good deal for a cash 
> buyer, reccomendations welcome... this would go ahead in the next month or 
> two.. System 1 will replace my old 1.8Ghz Duron based Win2k Desktop with 
> probably Kubuntu at this stage, System 2 will replace my current colocated 
> box (~1.2Ghz Duron) and run Debian.
> 
> (I'll take a copy of WinXP OEM "if I have to" or if its cheap enough. 
> Dualboot may be required for work purposes yet.)
> 
> TIA
> 
> Mark.
> 
> 
> 
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