Re: Personal Deskside System i for developers

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

so your leasing a new machine every year?
jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 12:02 PM
Subject: RE: Personal Deskside System i for developers


> > From: Jim Franz
> >
> > In all of this cost analysis, don't forget that hdw maint
> > is free only for 1st year, and over a $1k per year after that,
> > and at least for me required an annual pay, not monthly.
> > Software Support is another annual cost.
>
> True, but you weigh that against the cost of upgrading to a new machine,
> Jim.  Basically it's just shipping and then the pain of reconfiguring the
> new machine, but for a development machine, you kind of want the latest 
> and
> greatest.  Which is why I'm keeping the model 270 (for back release 
> support)
> and then moving the primary development to a 515.
>
> Joe
>
>
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