WHat's the alternative to Dell for a small business?

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Published on 2010-03-24T19:03:17Z Indexed on 2010/03/24 19:13 UTC
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Dell support and customer service used to be great - it's not anymore.

The question is ... is there an alternative worth considering?

I am talking work stations more than servers.

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