Poor, Edmund W wrote:
At that price, they should send a technician to
install it, test it, and
hang around for a few days to make sure it "burns in" all right.
It would be nice if they would. Their prices seem very competitive so
they may make a substantial loss if they offered that.
http://www.siliconmechanics.com/
For example, the extra cost of adding a 1Gb DDR400 DIMM is $380- less
than what you would pay Crucial or most other 3rd party vendors. System
integrators
Comapring Dell and Silicon Mechanics P4 servers, the closest is the Dell
Poweredge 650. Dell has slower memory and does not come with SATA.
The equivalent config with dell costs US$2475 -$100 mail in rebate and
free palm Zire. Say worth $50. Nett Price US$2325
The closest silicon mechanics machine to the Dell is a 1150A, equally
configured will cost US$1593. 32% cheaper.
Silicon mechanics machine as ordered still costs 25% less than the
inferior DELL at US$1773.