On 6/27/2013 10:58 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Don't do Optiplex. That's a "consumer" grade box. no, optiplex is a business desktop grade box, with remote management support and so forth. its the Dimension stuff thats consumer. Precision is 'engineering/scientific workstation' grade. display port rocks, IF you get display port compatible monitors (loving my Dell U2412M's here at home, and U2410's at work!) On 6/27/2013 10:58 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > You can order them with either no O/S, or RHEL (with a year's license). > <snip> not from the 'soho' side of Dell, only on the Large Business side do those options show up, and if you're just buying a few and don't have an enterprise purchase agreement, you won't find any discounts. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast