Re: US prices on model 150

["DAVID BULOG" <d2ba@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Doug,
The 150 is not for me I gave the link out to try help out somebody who was
enquiring on the list.
OffTopic
Personaly I would only buy a Netfinity single Xeon processor 5500 or 7000
from Egghead($1200--1800) I would then go to Ebay and
get one of the many dutch auction IBM Xeon upgrade kits --$199.

For below $2000 you could build an amazing Websphere machine-
It would cost aboubt $150,000 upwards to get an AS/400 that would beat that
for Java!

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Handy <dhandy@isgroup.net>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Saturday, 29 April 2000 07:16
Subject: Re: US prices on model 150


>David,
>
>>The 9401-150 is the server for you! The IBM Server comes complete with
32MB
>
>>... and OS/400 V4R1 software
>
>That doesn't make any sense.  While V3R6/7 could run in 32MB, V4Rx has
>a minimum of 64MB.
>
>It is interesting that there are two auctions which are identical
>except one says V4R1 ($2195) and one says V3R7 ($1995).  Both say 32MB
>memory, which makes me wonder if they both should say V3R7.  But since
>V3R7 is not transferrable, the description is pretty misleading when
>it says, "It is shipped with all the necessary software to get you up
>and running and is ideal as a WEB server. "
>
>Not only is the V3R7 software not legally usable, but 32MB is not
>quite what I'd call an "ideal" WEB server.  But then I guess the
>truth-in-advertising laws don't apply to web auctions, do they?
>
>If the one auction truly has V4R1 for only $200 more, it is a much
>better deal since the OS should be transferable.  But you'll notice it
>still doesn't have any compilers, ADTS (PDM/SEU/etc), and some other
>common program products listed.
>
>I'd question the V4R1 on a 32MB box though...
>
>Caveat emptor,
>Doug
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