John R Pierce wrote: > 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!) > No. We're not going out to buy new monitors, either here (esp. not while the neoConfederate Tea Party wants sequestration), nor at home. Get ports to fit your current monitors, unless you really *need* to replace them... and since the OP mentioned 24" monitors, which are *expensive*.... mark > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >