>My problems with them have been a little worse than that. We've had several machines where we've had to reformat and you can't get drivers. The OEM doesn't support the Compaq tweaks and you're playing hit & miss with the stuff on the Compaq site.

Did you have a restore CD?


>I love Dells. You might be able to get a Dell refurb for a little more than what you're looking at. They're solid boxes and the support has been excellent. NOTE: I always go with the Dimensions, it's the business class box. We've got Optiplex's here at the office and they're not that great.

Everybody seems to like Dell, particularly the Dimensions. I've never owned one. I don't think I'm going to find a refurb with factory-installed W2K, though.

I just got a Dell catalog in the mail. I'll keep them in mind.

Peter