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Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter)
From: Dan <danny () intercom com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 10:56:46 -0400
On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Avi Freedman wrote: ..chop
Yes, look in computer shopper. There are some short rack-mount PCs. I'm trying to get pricing on them now. And Crystal makes dream rackmounts; 4 across, 8 down in a 7' x 19" rack. But I suspect they're hideously expensive. They use passive backplanes :( They refused to even give me a price on just "how much for the case, power supply, backplane, and processor card w/ no cpu or memory"? I explained that we had to decide on a standard now for colo customers, that people walk in with 3' high tower cases and we go "nonononono". (Those that don't accept our advise and get Suns).
They're pretty costly, but they run cool, take up wee space and use only 65 watts for the CS500 standard version. We've standardized on them for our colo recommendation. They charge about $2700 for a case, power supply, passive backplane, floppy drive and P120 CPU card that comes with video and all the basic ports. We always source the hard drive and memory separately due to their exorbitant rates. I never priced one out without the CPU though I was thinking I'd ask about that next time I call. They're CPU prices are the most outrageous part, and I keep reminding them that they're out of line with the industry by a mile. The price differential between the P120 and the P166 for example is $900! You can get a P200 Pro for less than that. ...chop Dan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Current thread:
- More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Alexis Rosen (Oct 21)
- Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Avi Freedman (Oct 21)
- Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Alexis Rosen (Oct 21)
- Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Tim Keanini (Oct 21)
- Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Alexis Rosen (Oct 21)
- Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Derek Elder (Oct 21)
- Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Tim Keanini (Oct 21)
- Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Avi Freedman (Oct 21)
- Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Nathan Stratton (Oct 21)
- Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Avi Freedman (Oct 21)
- Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Dan (Oct 21)
- Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Avi Freedman (Oct 21)
- Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Dan (Oct 22)
- Re: More hardware design (was Re: GigaRouter) Nathan Stratton (Oct 21)