[K12OSN] So close....

[Petre Scheie]

Depends on what you want upgrade.  Hard drives are all the same; memory can be tricky 
sometimes.  Years ago (before Linux was a glint in Linus's eye), I had to schedule 
downtime for a Compaq server to install a floppy drive.  The appointed hour of 2am came, 
I shut the server down, opened the case--and discovered that Compaq used a non-standard 
size floppy drive.  The drive I had would not fit in the space.  I ran down to the 
machine shop and fashioned a hi-tech mounting bracket out of plywood, and was able to 
complete the job in the alloted window.  But I doubted then and now that Compaq's floppy 
is significantly better than the off-the-shelf model I had.

Petre

Rob Owens wrote:
> Speaking of Dell, I've heard and read (but never
> experienced it first hand) that some of their hardware
> is only upgradeable with other Dell hardware. 
> Sometimes because of physical size, sometimes because
> the BIOS doesn't allow non-Dell stuff.  Can anybody
> confirm this or give further details?
> 
> And what about Gateway or other Dell-like
> manufacturers?  I imagine they all do the same thing,
> but I don't know for sure.
> 
> -Rob
> 
> --- Huck <dhuckaby at paasda.org> wrote:
> 
>> Example...they had 'deals' for Dimension 5150's with
>> free 19" LCD's.. 
>> for $600...but would not sell them to the school for
>> that price...
>> This has happened twice in my dealings with Dell...
>>
>> I did get 2 sweet rack mounts 1U and 2U servers from
>> them for a great 
>> price for their configuration though.
>>
>> --Huck
>>
>> marrandy wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 08 November 2006 10:41, Eric Brown
>> wrote:
>>>> Our problem with dealing with Dell directly is
>> that they will often
>>>> quote us higher prices than if we were Joe Public
>> walking in off the
>>>> street.  Our principal has even resorted to using
>> his personal credit
>>>> card and purchasing computers to save several
>> hundreds of dollars per
>>>> machine.
>>>>
>>>> We've tried multiple methods of trying to get
>> them to cut us a better
>>>> deal, but they just won't cooperate very well
>> with us here in Iowa.
>>>> Eric
>>>
>>>
>>> How do you save several hundreds ($600/$700/$800)
>> of dollars per machine ?
>>> What   'machine'  are you talking about ?
>>>
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