RE: POWER6 now or later?

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why not a laptop? Heat.

Paul Nelson
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Office 512-392-2577
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Booth Martin
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:40 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: POWER6 now or later?

I am still not sure I understand the business case for a desktop unit.  
Portability, for marketing I suppose?  But after that very small need, 
then what?  Besides, if the goal is portability then why not a laptop?

If the battle is for price alone, then other solutions seem 
quicker/easier/more responsive?



Paul Nelson wrote:
> We've already had a desktop sized machine (P01). It didn't sell. Perhaps
> with better pricing, the market would be better. System i's are already
> being used in POS applications. Several vendors, including Responsive Data
> Systems, have software for POS that bolts on to other back office
packages.
> Paul Nelson
> Cell 708-670-6978
> Office 512-392-2577
> nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces+nelsonp=speakeasy.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces+nelsonp=speakeasy.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> Joe Pluta
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 8:35 AM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: POWER6 now or later?
>
>   
> > From: Booth Martin
> >
> > Help me a bit here, Joe.  I am trying to visualize how I would use a
> > desktop System i.   I have this hilarious mental image of twin-ax
> > spreading through the plant, all from my desk.  So how would I use it?
> >     
>
> One of the big complaints I hear is that nobody can afford a System i to
> work on.  With low-end machines under $10K now, I suspect a desktop would
be
> closer to the $5K range making it available to just about anybody serious
> about wanting to learn the machine. 
>
> I'm not a big rack guy myself, so I wouldn't mind a desktop or mini-tower
> version of a System i in my own setup; my two System i servers take up a
lot
> of room (and power and heat) in my network.  I think a smaller form factor
> System i would also be a great fit in distributed environments.  I could
see
> a System i in a Point of Sale configuration, for example: one per local
> store, with a self-contained retail store application that tied via WAN to
a
> central location. 
>
> Joe
>
>
>