[mythtv-users] Dell dual-quad-core Xeon server for $779
Kevin Robbins
robbinsck at gmail.com
Thu Oct 25 19:25:22 UTC 2007
Can you send the specs to me kevin at robbinsfamilysite.com
I.E. what kind of memory, what model motherboard. I may be seriously interested!
Kevin
Sent from my Blackberry Wireless handheld.
-----Original Message-----
From: Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:18:08
To:Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Dell dual-quad-core Xeon server for $779
Josh White wrote:
> I'm not worried about the price point, I'm sure even at $36 I'm paying
> 10x the manufacturing cost. What I am worried about was the fact that
> the outer layer of packaging was a cardboard box, then a layer of foam
> peanuts, then bubble wrap, then a plasitc bag, and then the drive
> itself. No asus box, nothing. No manual, wires, registration card,
> anything. All I got was a box that they threw some basic packaging
> materials in and a drive. Like it was just pulled out of a system they
> had lying around. I guess that's probably better packaging than dell
> receives at their assembly plants, but still. Not what I'm used to.
OEM v. retail - the OEM stuff is bulk-packed, with little to no stuff -
maybe a CD. Retail comes in a nice box with stuff.
You pay more for retail packages. Do you really need the package? :-)
--Yan
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