Dell vs. HP Servers?

We have been using Dell Servers for a few years now. We just opted to get HP because we could have parts the same day. Thats only becuase they have a warehouse a couple of hours away. Dell could ship and have it the next day. There warehouse is somewhere in Texas. We are way up in northern New England. If you are going to spend $5,000 on a server it doesn't matter which company you use. You are going to get a product that other people have used before. You are going to get a $5,000 machine. It's probably like the argument with Chevey and Ford you have protesters on both sides. So I would just say either one is a good choice.

There are certain things that draw me back to Dell over and over again - Service, Quality, Support. Dell has been more than amazing in how they service and support not only the large, medium, and small businesses, but home users as well. This is a mark of a truly solid computer company. Consider this, Dell provides a relatively low cost assurance product to protect their systems, which from a business point of view, if the product you were providing your customers were of poor quality, then you would expect that you would begin to see a backlash in your bottom dollar, since your gambling that the poor quality product will hold out, but since Dell has significant confidence in their product, especially in the business realm. I could not imagine they would sacrifice their quality for a few dollars and their reputation, which is what Compaq did after many years of solid service and support, this is when Compaq died in the home user realm, but remained solid in the business realm and since HP consumed Compaq, I believe they have more than they can handle and have not provided the best product or service that they once had in the technology industry, which is to their demise. Dell remains the technology leader for all areas. I have purchased Dell's technology for the last 10 years and have only see their quality improve and not diminish.