On 2/6/2010 10:40 AM, Linda A. Walsh wrote: > > I got an earful for ordering barebones machines -- Ordered the workstation > equivalent of the 610/710 with same processor. > > But you can't buy a machine that's dual processor ready unless you > buy the processor from them now. They changed to a daughterboard setup > on the workstation, so if you order it with 1 cpu expecting to upgrade > later, you are SOL -- you have to buy a daughterboard from Dell, which, > they won't sell you without a CPU. > > On the disks -- even though the machine has a SAS controller, if you > don't order SAS disks from them they don't send you SAS connectors, but > 2 separate SATA and power connectors that won't connect to a SAS drive. > You need to buy the SAS connector separately from them later on. Used > to be they just had the 1 connector that fit both SAS and SATA, but they > made it so you have to buy SAS up front to get the connectors. > > They are getting real bad on this type of "Dell only" stuff in all areas, > not just servers. Of course they refused to sell the disk caddies > when the new systems came out -- because they were the only ones who had > them at first. They aren't selling PC's anymore, as they are breaking > the PC standards by including proprietary nonsense. They seem to be trying > to go more that direction as time goes on -- I suspect the writing is on > the wall for them and they are trying to squeeze more blood out of customers > to stave off the inevitable. That is a really poor outlook as it only > means they've given up trying to compete in the free market and think > they need to use these underhanded methods in order to compete now. > > When they've lost confidence in their ability to compete on a level playing > field, what does that say about them as a company? > > It's very sad, as I've been a Dell loyalist since the mid 90's. > > -l > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq > > > That's a sign of desperation in my book. Now it's not only servers but workstations? Looks like I need to re-evaluate my recommendations.
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