[citation][nom]mchuf[/nom]The only reason Dell is so popular with business buyers is because of their warranty, a business will require less IT people. But their products do need that extra warranty. I'm clueless on why HP is the number one brand. their stuff is not high quality and they stiff you on stuff in the higher priced models (although not as much as Dell). I recently bought an Asus laptop and it is so much better than my son's HP laptop in quality.[/citation]
No, it doesn't really reduce the number of IT people. We are a Dell shop, and it has to do with the fact that a Dell will have that computer back up and running the next day. We used to used Panasonic Toughbooks, and it was literally MONTHS of turnaround.
ASUS makes nice stuff, but I don't think they can take care of problems as fast as Dell can.