They don't build far ahead. What is on the factory floor is already sold and will be installed in 2 months.
So a customer can get a z196 in 2 months (or DR replacement in 2 weeks) or a EC12 in 6 to 12months. Resellers of used equipment will start to drop prices when they start getting a lot of equipment in. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:22 PM, George Henke <gahe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Please check out the following excerpt. Is it right? Who is going to buy > obsolete inventory at the same price as current inventory? Are there not > many resellers out there who will drop the price of the z196? > > The three items below make going with the new processor a no brainer compar= > ed to a z196, even if there are not any specific features that help the CMS= > workload. >> IBM does NOT provide fire sales to push out its old stock. Therefo= > re, upgrading to a EC12 will not cost much more than upgrading to a z196 (t= > he upgrade calculations are a little higher for a two generation tech bump,= > but only about 10% if adding MIPS). >> It will last longer before IBM freezes the in-tech HW and microcode= > upgrades (z10 already has memory frozen; microcode will be frozen in June'= > 13). Expect between 2 and 3 years longer life from a EC12 compared to z196= > . >> The software is slightly cheaper compared to z196 AWLC. Base 3 MSU= > s did not change; other AWLC products have the following discounts in what = > IBM is referring to as TU1 (Technology Update Pricing for AWLC). Referenc= > e to IBM SW price document below. > o 4 - 45 MSUs 2.0% >> 46 - 315 MSUs 4.0% >> 316 - 1315 MSUs 4.5% >> 1316 - 2676 MSUs 5.0% >> 2677 - 5476 MSUs 6.0% >> 5477 - more MSUs 7.0% > http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&a > ppname=gpateam&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS212-320&pdf=yes > <http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=3DAN&subtype=3DCA&a=ppname=3Dgpateam&supplier=3D897&letternum=3DENUS212-320&pdf=3Dyes> > -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
