Jon Tydda
Jon.Tydda at alcontrol.co.uk
Thu Aug 21 10:30:24 CDT 2003
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. But for Gas Chromatography, HP Agilent are the best in the world! Jon -----Original Message----- From: John Bartow [mailto:john at winhaven.net] Sent: 21 August 2003 16:27 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Products from various companies (was Norton Firewall) 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. 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 :o) John B. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 3:11 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Norton Firewall 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. Jon -----Original Message----- From: Arthur Fuller [mailto:artful at rogers.com] Sent: 20 August 2003 21:42 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Norton Firewall 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. Arthur -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:54 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Norton Firewall My take on him too. Unfortunatley, like much of what you read on the internet, this is pure opinion. 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! The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject to the legal notice available on request from : webmaster at alcontrol.co.uk ALcontrol Laboratories is a trading division of ALcontrol UK Limited. Registered Office: Templeborough House, Mill Close, Rotherham, S60 1BZ. Registered in England and Wales No 4057291 The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject to the legal notice available on request from : webmaster at alcontrol.co.uk ALcontrol Laboratories is a trading division of ALcontrol UK Limited. Registered Office: Templeborough House, Mill Close, Rotherham, S60 1BZ. Registered in England and Wales No 4057291 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/dba-tech/attachments/20030821/ba9562c9/attachment.html>