[CoLoCo] Dual-boot and wine options

[David L. Willson]

Using a major brand also gets you web support, which in the case of Dell and HP is
pretty worthwhile.  The BIOS updates alone are a big darn deal when you need them.

> systems.  Sell it to them this way:  When you buy a computer from a large
> manufacturer, all you are really guarunteed is a 1-year warranty on parts
> and some basic Microsoft Windows support.  If they go white-box, they not
> only save cost on the machine price, but if any parts do go wrong they could
> just fix them in house or hire a consultant (like you?) to fix the parts.
> 
> Buying a Linux machine from a large vendor really doesn't make sense ever
> unless you don't feel comfortable building your own machine, or you are
> buying a corporate package (i.e. servers, a cluster, bulk workstations).

-- David