Take the 2-minute tour ×  I've been getting a high end dell xps
laptop or desktop every 12-16 months for the last 8 years. I'm
really satisfied with the actual hardware and price, but I'm
getting very annoyed by their warranty calls and their offshore
support.  I'm seeing interesting things about high end apples,
but I can't stand the elitist attitude and company policies and
would prefer not to do business with them.  Given that I prefer
to support American companies, with American tech support, and
hate being put on sales call lists, what alternative do I have?
Having said all that, I'm still willing to consider any product
(including dell and apple) when it comes to to purchase.  If you
had a $10,000 budget for a development machine (excluding OS and
IDE), what specific system would you buy?   The one thing that I
do not have much of is time... So the build your own responses
are nice, but I'd like to buy a box system and then just have to
reformat the drives before installing my stuff.   I ended up
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