Daryn

Haven't looked into it in detail, but I believe DAS and Schwab are now connected, FWIW. Might be still beta, not sure. This might be way to go though - advantages of DAS plus low/no commissions/fees from Schwab? Plus - if interested, you can get Bookmap with TOS/Schwab for a better price as I understand it. I do want to investigate this possibility myself.

I like Dell. You can find less expensive (or more expensive) brands of course, but they do have some good, reasonably priced choices for the performance. Decent warranties and service if needed. Opinion, it's a solid brand.

I'm guessing not at the moment, the club looks pretty quite here. But will ask anyway - are there any meetup groups here, or any interest in getting something going? I'm in the south bay.