Dell orders can be shortened
Responding to Ben:
It certainly can take longer to buy Dell servers -- but I have always been happy with the hardware, support, and the quality. As opposed to last time we bought HP and *we* had to put the server together. Extra CPU, RAM, hard drives arrived separately. And we had to "Throw away" the 4 GB of RAM the HP came with to insert the larger RAM chips.
Some companies can take weeks to order servers (internal paperwork, etc). We have learned to streamline that so that the server still gets here about the same amount of time later. If 1 in 10 orders (or 1 in 20) that we make through Dell we need quicker -- call our rep and tell them we need it sooner. They always have come through. Just as long as you don't do that with every order. :) :)
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