>> If you want solid out of the box they are a good choice. You pay for that though.

Mac users are used to paying for that. ;-)

Personally for PCs, I prefer pre-built systems from a known manufacturer (Boxx, Dell, HP, etc). They're usually tested very well and support tends to be good, especially if you pay for Premium support. Building a system or having a workstation custom built tends to involve more problems and incompatibilities. I doubt many Mac users want to become PC sysadmins, so buying something pre-built with good support is probably a better option. PCs have enough quirks without sticking a bunch of compenents together that haven't been tested together.

Cheers,

Jim

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Jim Tierney

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Digital Anarchy

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Boxx makes some nice machines. If you want solid out of the box they are a good choice. You pay for that though.