Curt wrote:
I am an ex IT person (19 years) and have two Cpmpaq servers, and 3 workstaions two lap tops and 4 printers. I started in the Novell world if any of you know what that is. Finally Windows crept in and that is where I am now. I just stuck with what I knew and I built a few workstaions from scratch thru the years. I haven't messed with it in a couple of years so I have no clue what is best any more.

Novell? I have a client (Lawyer) who is still running a Novell server I built him almost 10 years ago on a token ring network. Cheepskate won't upgrade until it's DOA.

Just built an I7 (Intel) based system on an Intel MOBO and loaded windows 7 pro 64 bit, holly crap that is one awesome system and FAST! Used 8 gig of Ram and an Nvida G9500 1gb video card. Windows 7 loaded in under 8minutes from start to finish.

There is a Linux CD you can buy that you boot up your PC with and it boots right into Linux and you can surf and email and do what ever you want, once you shut down, you pull the CD and there is NO trace of anything you did on the computer, no a thread. Perfect for those of you who want to try Linux.

I'm not using this thread to find buyers from you guys (except maybe Greyphart ) But I wanted to research WHY people buy the computers that they do. I hope to hone my sales skills.

Mac's are the way to go if you do graphics or desktop publishing, without question.