John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Thu Aug 21 11:24:02 CDT 2003
RE: [dba-Tech] Norton FirewallJon,
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?
:o)
John B.
BTW thanks, I'll make a note of that if I run into a Gas Chromatologist :o)
-----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 10:30 AM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Products from various companies (was Norton
Firewall)
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!
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