But buying for a corporate IT department can be very different. Every PC in this company that I have seen, server and desktop, is a Compaq. Most I believe were purchased through a volume purchase agreement with a distributor, who had to bid for the privilege.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas David Rivers Sent: June 26, 2006 11:38 To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: OPM zLinux Experience hmm... I don't mean to rain on parades, but these figures seem kinda high to me. Tiger Direct (here in Raleigh) is running a deal where you can get a 3.03ghz celeron w/256K cache, 1GIG of memory in a case (with power-supply) for $79.99. So - $2K for a PC seems awfully pricy these days. Dell sells their bottom-of-the-line "server" for $399.99. 100g-bit switches are usually around $59 at CompUSA. And - is there a reason not to just use one of the Intel boxes as the firewall? That would be $80 + $40 for a brand new IDE drive. I suppose my point is that you can pay whatever you want for a PC these days... of course, you get what you pay for. Even so, I would think that someone doing a big purchase could drive an awfully hard bargain out of a white-box distributor, and get much better prices than these... > I just returned from an IT Financial conference where I contrasted the > costs between running the 45 servers on Intel versus the z/900. I took > very conservative costs for the Intel machines ($2K per server), Switches > ($10K), and Firewalls ($10K) and all with no support (this $0). - Dave Rivers - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: (919) 676-0847 Get your mainframe programming tools at http://www.dignus.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient or delegate is strictly prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. The integrity and security of this message cannot by guaranteed on the Internet. The Sender accepts no liability for the content of this e-mail, or for the consequences of any actions taken on basis of the information provided. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The sender accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. This disclaimer is the property of the TTC and must not be altered or circumvented in any manner. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
