[Donald Moore]

Dell makes a rock solid system and if you buy a Dell Precision Workstation with Premier Support, it will be supported here in the US, not by a foreign call center that barely speaks English.

The thing to keep in mind with Dell is this, by the time they do their research and development and engineering studies, the systems are not the latest and greatest. When you are able to buy it, it is already a year old and there will be something faster available next month from another vendor.
What they will be, is rock solid dependable. I work in a large organization that uses exclusively Dell Precision Workstations and we have some that have been running 24/7 for 8 years.
Another thing about Dell support, it is for the hardware. Only the hardware! If you need support for the software, see the software company that made the software or some third party. Dell doesn’t do that. Sorry.

That said, if you want top end performance and support for the software from one company, Dell is not the way to go. If you want rock solid reliability, day in and day out, Dell can do that but you will need to see someone else for your software questions.

There are sacrifices to be made…