Back to the main page for this month. I recommend IBM hard drives, but more importantly, I shun Maxtor. This is a good place to find reviews of hard drive technology. Any CD-ROM is fine, any floppy is fine. The chances you need either a CD-burner or a DVD drive here at work are small.
Zip disks are of reduced importance when computers are on a fast network as they are here.
I personally recommend Matrox G400's and G450's as solid video cards where integrated video is not available. It seems to be worth the extra cost. I recommend Sony and Mitsubishi monitors, and that's what I'd steer you to if CRC is assembling a whole machine for you. Keyboards and mice are personal preference. The new optical mice are nice, however.