Xeon rig: Dell, HP, IBM or Fujitsu-Siemens?

[Mistyk]

If you were to get a dual Xeon Placer E7505 workstation from one of the vendors listed below, which would you choose and why? Feel free to advise against any of the four companies if you have had bad experiences with it (or have heard any horror stories).

1. Dell
2. HP
3. Fujitsu-Siemens
4. IBM

Please don't recommend BOXX or any other vendor not present in the list, nor home-built. While great options, they are excluded from this query. Let's also assume that price is not an issue (of course it is, but I'd like to get un-biased views from you).

Thanks in advance!

 

[Mulciber]

HP makes good box. We have a lot of Dell Xeons at work, I dont like um

 

[Mistyk]

Thanks Mulciber. May I ask what it is that you do not like about the Dells? Is it Precision 530 by the way?

 

[Gunhead]

I saw over at Ars that someone recommended the Fujitsu-Siemens

(Free bump, anyway. I'm interested and spend more time here.)

 

[Mistyk]

Gunhead,

Yeah, different forums have different types of members, so an identical question might yield diverging anwers. That makes the discussion more multi-faceted, which doesn't hurt.

Are you also looking for a Placer OEM workstation? If so, might I ask your findings thus far?