These are what I would call "Lessons of life"! Thanks A LOT! Regards, *Carlos Marcano* -Guri, Venezuela- James Newton, Host escribi=F3: > =20 > =20 >=20 >=20 >>Carlos A. Marcano V. >> >>So, Russell, what are the options? >> >=20 >=20 > Canon. Or if you like, Canon. Lowest cost of operation, excellent > reliability, speed and quality. For an inkjet printer, they are the onl= y > choice. HP used to be it, but they are failing on almost every front. > Printers (laser and ink), PCs, servers, calculators etc... They sold of= f > 'scopes and Aligent is still a great name, but I wouldn't recommend any= thing > with HP's name on it at this point. >=20 > I know more about laser printers. If you want a truly great laser print= er, > for basic, low cost use, and don't care so much about speed, go find an= old > LaserJet III computer places will literally give them away. If you need > better resolution get an LJ 4. For more speed get a 4si or a 5si. If yo= u > need speed, resolution and all that, get a Brother HL-1440 for home use= or > an HL-5140 for the office. For multifunction go with a Brother MFC-8440= or > CANON MF5750. For color laser, go with one of the Xerox Phaser Solid-In= k > Color Printers like the 8400/B. Up to 24ppm in color (more like 10ppm b= ut > still great) and the lowest cost of operation of any color printing sys= tem > by far. >=20 > FedEx is out on all counts, UPS is winning but USPS is actually the bes= t. > (my opinion only) >=20 > Ford for large trucks, Honda for cars. (my opinion only) >=20 > SX for speed and lower product cost, PIC for ease of programming and qu= ick > prototypes. (my opinion only) >=20 > Nextel for data services, Sprint for voice. (my opinion only) >=20 > The Daily Show for news. CSI for entertainment >=20 > Other product recommendations: > http://www.massmind.org/techref/ecommerce/beststuf.htm > - Best hair conditioner: Natures Gate Herbal Hair Conditioner=20 > - Best pesticide: Wagners Bird Seed, no kidding. > - Best tool: Stanley Yankee Handyman and SHEFFIELD Crocodile multitool >=20 > --- > James. >=20 >=20 --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 21/04/2005 --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist