[plug] Dell vs HP for Linux desktop

[Ben Jensz]

Patrick Tehvand wrote:

>
> I have used both in largish rollouts at my school, Dell Optiplexes and 
> HP d330s.

I've had contact with Dell Optiplexes at a school up here that I do 
on-site server / network support at as part of my job.  They have a lab 
full of them, and have had them for almost 2 years.. in that time they'd 
only had two fans die (and didn't fry the CPU), but in the last 2-3 
weeks they've had 5-6 all go down with major hardware issues (boards, 
PSUs etc) - and they are all on a large UPS with surge supression (so 
not a surge related fault).  I was tending slighly towards Dells, but 
that was a bit disconcerting.  They now have another lab with new HP 
DX2000s (Celerons) and hardware wise they look fairly well laid out 
inside (the Dells seem to have a more cramped layout).

I have been tending more towards HPs, so I think I will probably go that 
way.  I certainly won't be touching IBM for desktop PCs though, thats 
for sure.  I like IBM servers and laptops, but not their desktops - even 
from very limited experience with them.

BTW, I've dealt with Harris Tech quite a few times with various bits of 
hardware, and I've always been happy with my dealings with them as well.

Thanks for the replies so far to everyone who has replied. :)  (anyone 
else feel free to reply though, the more comments/suggestions the better)


/ Ben