Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 11:38:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: smp@csn.net (Steve Passe) Cc: dufault@hda.com, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: good deal on hardware Message-ID: <199805231838.LAA25956@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199805231753.LAA10766@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> from Steve Passe at "May 23, 98 11:53:52 am"
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> Hi, > > > The price on the 200 seems a bit steep... > > > > Yeah, buy two of the systems and have spare parts. With the memory > > and extra disk space it is a better deal than that 200. > > > > Now that I've proven my ignorance of Intel's Pentium line > > my final question is are Pentium Pro 200's a current > > item likely to be available for, say, six months and hopefully > > at lower prices than $425.00? > > They are definately on the way out. 6 months, probably... I would say 3 months maybe, 2 months probably. Understand most of what you are seeing on the market now are ``clean pulls'' from scrapping of high end server systems and/or dead inventory dumping. > The "buy 2 systems" is a good idea. > -- > Steve Passe | powered by > smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199805231838.LAA25956>