Brian Densmore wrote:

Dell has always had a pretty decent reputation for rock-solid hardware.

Actually, back around '89-91 Dell had a reputation for crap hardware. It was the opinion of one of my co-workers at the time, that Dell's brush with a bad reputation is what led to the turn around in quality. -- Garrett Goebel IS Development Specialist ScriptPro Direct: 913.403.5261 5828 Reeds Road Main: 913.384.1008 Mission, KS 66202 Fax: 913.384.2180 www.scriptpro.com garrett at scriptpro dot com