HP/Compaq Presario and Linux

[Benjamin Scott]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, at 7:55am, gaf at blu.org wrote:
> AFAIK, the DeskPro line was killed several years ago.

  Well, the DeskPro *brand* was retired, but I'm pretty sure the part of HP
that was Compaq still offers a line of "business class" desktop computers,
or whatever you want to call them.  I hate Compaq (religious reasons), so I
haven't really paid attention to what they're calling there stuff these
days.

  FWIW, Dell and Gateway do this, too, to different extends, and I imagine
other vendors do, too.  With Dell, you've got two lines of desktops: The
Dimension and the OptiPlex.  The hardware is nearly identical; it's the
software configuration, service and support, and lifecycle management that
vary.  And that's a big difference if you've got a fleet of tens or hundreds
of PCs to manage.

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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