wrote:
Are you ready to bet your life on Windows XP and some $200 disk drives made
in China and designed to operate in an office?


Actually yes. Of course, I would take into the account of
altitude/pressure/temp problems. As a matter of fact, I would be more
comfortable with commodity components than something that's customized,
unless the customization were very very trivial.

Regards,

-Chaud Lapin-