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Re: Server cost compare

At 2:23 PM -0500 6/21/02, Heath Henderson wrote:
Just thought I would let everyone know I just compared the cost of an Apple
G4 Tower to an Xserver.

Well, it seems as thought you can't get the plain jane server anymore! So
upset with no internal SCSI support, I decided I would build my own.

Compared

Tower G4 DP 512MB ram $2203 to Xserve G4 DP 512MB ram 3679.
Tower comes with 80 gb IDE ---- Xserve comes with 60gb IDE
Add ATTO SCSI for $417 ---- Xserve add U160 Card for $180
Add 2 36gb SCSI raid 1 $788 ---- Xserve add 2nd 60 gb IDE $315
Add OSX Server UNL. $499 ---- Xserve comes with UNL. OSXS

Total cost Tower = $3907.00

Total cost Tower = $4174.00

Now, I don't know about you, but the Tower seems like a better deal.

No sh*t!

And full-size VHS camcorders are a better deal than VHSC or 8mm if you consider "lower price" to be "better deal". You can get an IBM 60 GB IDE hard drive for a 75 bucks. The best price for a 60GB 2.5" IBM hard drive is over 330.

The prices you quote are less than 300 bucks apart. If you consider a 7% price "premium" for a 1/3rd reduction in size for electronic components to be a bad deal, then just get the tower :-). It's still made and available for that very reason.

Mike
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