Yes, Dell uses non-standard motherboards. But when's the last time you swapped out a motherboard for a client? I have not swapped one out in 4 years.
The same goes for a home based system. By the time 2 years have passed, everything has advanced so far that it's really time to replace everything. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dave walton Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 1:59 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, computers again You can count on Dell to use non-standard motherboards, power supplies, and cases. I have stopped using then for rackmount systems too. They are good for a cheap desktop in an office. One customer bought a couple rackmount Dells that are supposed to take 8 hard drives. The drive caddies were not included and Dell wanted over $100 each just for the caddies - unless you bought them from Dell with a hard dive and paid over $150 for a 250Gig drive. The street price is ~ $50 for that drive. Dell is a bit behind the curve. Kmart had a deal with Lindows a while back for low-end systems. I think they call it Linspire or something else now. -Dave Walton On Jan 27, 2008 1:30 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Been looking into the computer upgrade thing. As I posted before, I > always custom ordered what I wanted as far as processor, memory etc then > just transfer my other hardware over. Im getting a big headache trying > to figure out what processor is what, what memory is what etc. Ran thru > a few options and it seems its as expensive if not more than what is on > sale at best buy or whatever. So would it seem I am better off just > buying whatever is on sale that fits my needs? Any certain brands to > look for? Do they sell them at the store that do not have a bunch of > crap preloaded on there? I hate buying those computers that already > have half their space used up by preloaded crap I will never use. > Another aspect I like of not buying the store computers is the fact that > the cases etc are not always standard. With the custom ordered > barebones deals, you can swap whatever you want at any point. Power > supplies are standard, drive bays, etc. Stuff like that. Anyway, > enough rambling, thoughts? Most of these store bought systems come with > Vista now. Is that a good thing or should I just look on ebay and buy > something there that may or may not have an OS installed? > -- > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300D, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, > 91 300D, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, > 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, > 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 > http://www.okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.12/1245 - Release Date: 1/26/2008 3:45 PM _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
