I have to agree with the above assesment of Compaq

I had a Presario 4150 which used to go off and do its own thing on the hard drive for minutes at a time and I have a deskpro at work which has been rebuilt at least twice and even now the CD drive often decides not to run .inf and autoruns.

One of our guys bought a machine built to order from MESH but I don't know if they spread as far as Dallas. Evesham is also pretty good but I think they are only in the UK

You can beat em down over bits you don't want from package deals. (How many flatbeds can you fit in a small study?)

(The Wandering Minstrel is an MCP software consultant in another life)