Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:49:59 -0600 From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> To: FreeBSD-Questions Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Opinions Wanted: Dell PowerEdge Servers ... ? Message-ID: <B0EFB12F-8814-4880-9F7D-3FE5A76B868B@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <20060625142143.d4af970a.nick@nickwithers.com> References: <20060624215742.N1114@ganymede.hub.org> <20060625142143.d4af970a.nick@nickwithers.com>
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On Jun 24, 2006, at 10:21 PM, Nick Withers wrote: > I tend to think of Dell as a low-end provider that will cobble > together systems based on whatever bits happen to be lying > around (don't think that one PE 2650 is the same as the next!), > which in turn are invariably the cheapest bits available for a > particular job. I've made this sound bad - somewhat > intentionally - but there's certainly a market for cheap over > quality. Just remember that Dell's business model is "lower costs" at all "costs." They have made it a science of driving costs down, mostly by buying subgrade parts and moving their (at least) consumer tech support to areas of the world that have lower costs , and people you cannot understand very well (I have heard better of their enterprise tech support). I personally would never buy a Dell (both personal friends and acquaintances who have had problems as well as the more than average reports you "hear" about them) now, though 8 years ago I had a friend who swore by them -- he was an IT Director for a small company. There is a reason that Apple's Market Cap is equal to or greater than Dells with a 1/4 of the revenue... Not a technical answer. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net
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