Re: New i5 Express Models

[John Ross <jross-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not sure if I am disappointed or not, until I find out what it cost 
for each OS/i5 lpar on them. If they are cheap (for i5 prices) I will be 
happy. I would also like them to price WDS (websphere Development 
Studio)  per user.

You might want to look at
http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh021802-story02.html    looks like 250's 
for $4,800 I think this only included the OS and the new i5's come with 
at least SQL/Query  (on some configurations) and client access, and 
adding users is about what client access was/is.

The specs for the 250
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/hardware/small/250/

For comparison  the 170 I run is a 2290 processor (73/20 CPW) came with 
64 mb of memory, when I added the max memory 832 mb it did really speed 
it up.

I guess you have to decide for yourself if getting more memory, disk, 
power, and some software on the new i5's, but less users and warranty, 
is a better deal then the older models. It looks like now I only would 
need to add WDS, were I had to buy each compiler, PDM, SQL/Query, and 
client access.  And the memory and disk is cheaper and bigger then it 
was before, still high.

This link says SQL/Query is N/A (not optional, but N/A) for option #1, 
but WDS is optional, why would they do that?
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_sp/n/ISD03001USEN/ISD03001USEN.PDF 


Jon Paris wrote:
> Am I the only one who is a little disappointed by the recent announcements?
>
> >From earlier statements by Mark Shearer and others I had been expecting to
> see something oriented towards the smaller developer.  Maybe $5 - 6K or so.
> As best I can tell the new ones are a minimum of $8K and the configuration
> at that level more than a little memory and disk constrained.
>
> Maybe I'm mismembering, but surely there have been model 270s in this price
> category before?
>
> What am I missing guys?  Right now it looks as if my hopes of owning a
> system are back on hold again.
>