A friend needs to order a basic computer with a good warranty, to run as a very basic OpenBSD 3.7 firewall for a cablemodem. I'd put one together from parts, but I don't relish doing "won't boot" hardware support from 1600 miles away.
Looking at the Dell Dimension line (probably the 2400 or 3000) one concern is that I don't see *any* reports, success or failure, running OpenBSD on this particular product? One reason to choose the Dell (with a CPU that is way overkill) is that the box may be eventually repurposed as an XP desktop... Alternately, any other suggestions for a US mail order PC vendor with fair prices, quick turnaround, a hardware warranty and a pre-built small tower which will reliably run OpenBSD? This is just going to get shoved under a desk, so rackmount is not a consideration, and it doesn't need to be perfectly quiet. Thanks, Kevin
