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<DIV><SPAN class=062030816-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Jon,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062030816-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I have
a Compaq EVO W4000, PIV 2.4 GHz w/524 RAM and SCSI architecture running
W2KPro. Works quite well :o) I also have a Dell PowerEdge Server that works
quite well too. My Sony VAIO laptop has also been quite nice. Eclectic or
what?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062030816-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>:o)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062030816-21082003></SPAN><SPAN class=062030816-21082003><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062030816-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>John
B.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062030816-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=062030816-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>BTW</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=062030816-21082003><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>hanks, I'll make a note of that if I run into a Gas
Chromatologist :o)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Jon
Tydda<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:30 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [dba-Tech]
Products from various companies (was Norton Firewall)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=433222915-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>We've had lots of Dell's here and we've recently moved over to
HP/Compaq boxes for some reason (I had no say in this...). The Dell's are
better supported on the net, you can look up your individual pc by using the
service tag on it, rather than trying to work out which version of a Deskpro
it is (I still don't know exactly which model of pc we have 6 copies of). The
drivers etc are there ready to be downloaded with no problems. Also, for some
reason my Dell 1.4Ghz P4 with 256 MB RAM seems to out perform the new Compaqs
we've got, which are 2.53 P4 with 256 RAM... that's just not
right.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=433222915-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=433222915-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>But
for Gas Chromatography, HP Agilent are the best in the
world!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=433222915-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Jon</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> John Bartow
[mailto:john@winhaven.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 21 August 2003 16:27<BR><B>To:</B>
Discussion of Hardware and Software issues<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [dba-Tech]
Products from various companies (was Norton Firewall)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171250815-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
only stand by the HP "printer" recommendations. HP the company (even before
they aquired Compaq) has numerous divisions that could probably stand alone as
seperate companies. Their Printing and imaging division is of the highest
quality. I used to recommend their (low to mid range) scanners until about
1999/2000 when I concluded that they were resting on their laurels and Epson
and some others had passed them by by in both pricing and
quality.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171250815-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Servers, PCs, CD drives, tape drives, etc. are products from other
divisions. I put no more stock in them than any other companies products.
Basically, these days, I look at PCs as being no better than their tech
support. Same junk assembled in a different location with different label
slapped on it </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=171250815-21082003><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>:o)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171250815-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>John
B.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Jon
Tydda<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 21, 2003 3:11 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[dba-Tech] Norton Firewall<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=761261208-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Absolutely... I won't use any other kind of printers at work. Their
pc's however, leave a little be desired compared to
Dell's.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=761261208-21082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Jon</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Arthur Fuller
[mailto:artful@rogers.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 20 August 2003
21:42<BR><B>To:</B> Discussion of Hardware and Software
issues<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [dba-Tech] Norton
Firewall<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=622033120-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Just a teensy response to those "some people". I own no shares in
said company but I LOVE HP. Everything I have ever bought from them worked
flawlessly and for at least a decade.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=622033120-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Arthur</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>John
Bartow<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:54 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Discussion of Hardware and Software issues<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[dba-Tech] Norton Firewall<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890073417-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>My take on him too. Unfortunatley, like much of what you read on
the internet, this is pure opinion.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890073417-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890073417-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>On a side note - I followed a link the other day that basically had
a bunch of people saying they would NEVER use Norton products another one
that had a bunch of people saying they would NEVER use HP printers. Give
me a break!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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