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[Jake Greene <jakegreene AT gmail.com>]

I built a Shuttle XPC system 3 years ago for my wife's grandparents,
their first computer.  After three years of almost constant (ab)use,
it's still working like a champ.  I've done the normal "install new
virus signatures, install adware removal" stuff every Christmas since,
but I've never had a phone call from them about a problem, and there's
never been any need to mess about with hardware.

If I ever ditch a laptop for a desktop, I'm going to go with the
Shuttle for my own machine.

Jake


On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:48:28 -0500 (EST), zman
<zman AT shell.neverwhere.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Jim Allman wrote:
> > Advice and/or tesimonials wanted...
> 
> Had good experiences with the Shuttle systems.. had one as a sandbox and
> protable gaming station for a while... good stuff
> 
> > I'm in the market for a basic Win XP machine, mainly for QuickBooks and
> > cross-platform testing of Flash apps and websites. I do most of my work on
> > the Mac, and I'd forgotten what a blizzard of specs/parts/choices there 
> > are
> > when shopping for a PC. I'm really not interested in pimping hardware. I 
> > just
> > want a solid, affordable system and decent support when it counts.
> >
> > Basic requirements:
> >        - fast enough CPU to last a few years
> >        - Win XP Professional (or is XP Home good enough?)
> >        - 512 MB RAM (enough for basic operation?)
> >        - 80 GB hard disk
> >        - CD-R/DVD (read-only)
> >        - no keybd/mouse/display
> >        - quiet is important!
> >        - small case would be great
> >        - the cheaper, the better (but not junk)
> >
> > These are the candidates I'm considering so far. I'm surprised there's not
> > something cheaper in this class:
> >        Shuttle G Series (http://sys.us.shuttle.com/BuildXPC.aspx?id=1099#)
> >        Shuttle L Series (http://sys.us.shuttle.com/BuildXPC.aspx?id=1113#)
> >        Dell Dimension 4700
> > (http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/
> > dimen_4700c?c=us&l=en&s=dfh)
> >
> > Any advice welcome! Thanks in advance,
> >
> >  =jimA=
> >
> > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
> > . .
> > . . . . . . . . . . . .
> > Jim Allman
> > Interrobang Digital Media
> > http://www.ibang.com/
> > (919) 649-5760
> >
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