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I'm looking to buy a new workstation, and it looks like Thinkmate makes what I need -- their vsx "virtually silent" variety. I hestitate because I wasn't happy with a laptop I bought a few years ago from a small outfit that sold Linux boxes exclusively. Does anyone have experience with Thinkmate, and in particular, the VSX line? If the later, is it...

...ggest as alternative, something from Dell? Yep, Dell's are good. And I do *not* want to buy from HP, because their support is nothing like good. And once you run out the warranty, they don't want to even let you get things like firmware updates. Dell will. Another company that's ok is ThinkMate, though their support ain't great, I think they're better than HP...oh, sorry, for a server, it'll be HPE (the company divided a year or two ago). If you get a Dell, and one of their PERC cards, you're getting a rebranded LSI, sorry, Avago, um, who bought it last? Those are good an...

...n't want to even let you get things like firmware updates. Dell will. Yes, this is a really big problem which makes me look out for other manufacturers. I really like their hardware, but the manufacturer not standing behind their product breaks the deal. > Another company that's ok is ThinkMate, though their support ain't great, > I think they're better than HP...oh, sorry, for a server, it'll be HPE > (the company divided a year or two ago). I?ve never heared of ThinkMate. > If you get a Dell, and one of their PERC cards, you're getting a rebranded > LSI, so...

...r than the original. I had to replace a PSU on a blade enclosure, and had to get HP, or maybe a reseller, I forget, to tell me what the correct part number for the replacement part was, and, IIRC, there were both 6-digit number, or maybe 12.... <snip> >> Another company that's ok is ThinkMate, though their support ain't >> great, >> I think they're better than HP...oh, sorry, for a server, it'll be HPE >> (the company divided a year or two ago). > > I?ve never heared of ThinkMate. No biggie. As I said, they're another reseller of Supermicro h/w....

DO NOT buy the newer HPE DL20 gen9 or ML10 gen9 servers then (especially if using CentOS 6.x) I don't use hardware raid (mdadm for the win!) so cannot speak to that. DL20, bought it on a stock 'B' sale. Great price. Works well on Windows. HPE doesn't sell hard drive trays, etc. You pretty much have to buy their equipment. You CAN get 3rd party parts (drive trays, etc.) but will

...u get things like firmware updates. Dell will. > > Yes, this is a really big problem which makes me look out for other > manufacturers. I really like their hardware, but the manufacturer not > standing behind their product breaks the deal. > >> Another company that's ok is ThinkMate, though their support ain't >> great, >> I think they're better than HP...oh, sorry, for a server, it'll be HPE >> (the company divided a year or two ago). > > I??ve never heared of ThinkMate. > >> If you get a Dell, and one of their PERC cards, you'...

Which is the best laptop to run centos on and where can I buy one without Windows Vista pre loaded cause I will uninstall it any way. Please tell me the best sites that ship worldwide.