[DobDobDob (Ron)]

Originally Posted by ving

PCs need to be made to look sexy tho. my brother has done some case modding on his and it looks great! but that sort of thing is beyond my talent.

I have a dozen or so computers in my Network and none of them have there cases, I take them off as standard to air cool them. My older ones probably don't need it as much as the faster newer ones, but I am a creature of habit and I take them all off.

As far as the thread is concerned, the advertising does zip for me. I like most people in business, purchase computer equipment on a need to basis, getting whatever is best suited to the task at hand whilst always mindful not to blow the budget out too much. It's horses for courses.

From a home users viewpoint, the choice becomes one to play around with, but in business when you have a very specific application (task), you need to match that with the most appropriate equipment available, taking into account issues like support, replacement parts and so on.

I doubt that fancy marketing impacts on any serious equipment purchasing at a corporate level. Most business will run whatever O/S is required to get the job done. Too much emphasis is placed on the O/S it is after all just the operating system, designed to interface between the equipment and the user, no more no less. Just my florin's worth