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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 18:06:27 -0700 From: Karen Shaeffer <shaeffer@neuralscape.com> To: "N. Thomas" <nthomas@cise.ufl.edu> Cc: svlug@lists.svlug.org Subject: Re: [svlug] buying a (new) machine for linux On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 08:19:31PM -0400, N. Thomas wrote: > Before we go ahead and purchase the machine, I was hoping if anyone could > offer alternative suggestions -- such as vendors in the Bay Area. (But not > for used systems, we are looking for new ones.) > > thanks, > thomas Hello thomas, Well, you haven't said much about the system specs. If you're looking for a high end dual Xeon SMP server, then I would recommend looking at the deals you can get at http://www.memorylabs.net. For example: http://www.memorylabs.net/supsersys18.html The P4DP6 SuperMicro MB is very well designed, including 7 PCI bus segments. I believe 6 of the segments support PCI-X. and http://www.memorylabs.net/p4xeoncpu.html and http://www.memorylabs.net/seag36scsi80.html At that price, you can buy quite a few drives, which you just hot plug right into the box--it's painless... I've done some business with memorylabs.net and couldn't be more pleased. Even though those Supermicro servers are bare bones systems, where you actually need to install the processors, memory, and any other peripherals you purchase--it's easy to accomplish due to the quality of construction and quality of parts. It's actually a pleasant experience working on them. I believe those are excellent deals they are offering. (FTR, I have no interest in memorylabs.net, other than being a satisfied customer.) I have had no problems running Linux on any of my Supermicro based systems. === Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 18:34:58 -0700 From: Tim <tim@tetro.net> To: "N. Thomas" <nthomas@cise.ufl.edu> Cc: svlug@lists.svlug.org Subject: Re: [svlug] buying a (new) machine for linux On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 08:19:31PM -0400, N. Thomas wrote: > Background info: we are thinking about purchasing a new machine to run Linux > and trying to optimize for price. We have ruled out building our own (too > much trouble, time, etc.) and checked out the deals on Dell's website. You could get two or three of these for the price of a cheap Dell system: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1957333&cat=86796&type=19&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937%3A86796 Doesn't matter much if you don't like LindowsOS.. you can always install whatever you like. And you won't have to pay the Microsoft tax like you will have to if you buy from Dell. ===