Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John.. we in the US have the option to buy refurbished Dell computers. They sell at roughly a 35-50% discount from retail price. Full warranty. I have had 6-7 of them over the years.... excellent reliability and performance. But the most important issue is to understand what you need. This, unfortunately, is harder than it looks. Salesmen and marketing BS get in the way. The best screen ever made was an IBM ( not made by them) that cost, used, about a year ago, $2500. 22" display, 3840x2400 resolution. It was originally speced for looking at X-Rays by radiologists. It was simply awesome. P/N: IBM T220/T221 LCD. ViewSonic VP2290. Iiyama AQU5611D. IDTech MD22292B2 Frank Filippone Red735i at earthlink.net If you spec out similar hardware for a Windows box the Mac often works out cheaper. I did it for my dual 5520 Xeon Pro (basically server spec) and 17" i7 (1920x1200 display), the latter only Dell and IBM could match the screen and they worked out significantly more expensive.... john