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Re: Being lazy: laptop suggestion for desktop replacement said by elwoodblues:The thing was that the drives are the same, so Dell buys a Samsung/Seagate et al drive sticks and they are OEM'd to Dell (based on the serial #).
No I don't murder that support,I can troubleshoot just about any problem and if it's a Hard drive I'll deal with it. It doesn't matter. If you have an onsite agreement with Dell and a tech shows up only to see that you're using non-"Dell" drives, he'll wash his hands of any issue even remotely related to the storage system and not only will you be on your own to figure it out, but you'll be the one paying for the replacement drive(s) while waiting for an RMA to return.
That's why you pay more for Dell hard drives. It's more than just the drive. It's the entire service and support. When I was doing IT and we were Dell authorized we would never put our own drives into a system unless it was a) our own b) the customer signed off and knew what they were getting into. |
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said by MaynardKrebs:Wasn't DSLr's infamous spring 2012 multi-week outage as a result of Dell gear failing in spectacular fashion (though not having a proper backup also helped a lot). That's what backups for for. It was a failure on many levels. |
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Are you kidding me. They wanted 75k for a 16tb SAN, I spent about 15K for over 45TB on a DAS that I then turned (several of them) into a NAS using Freenas. |
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elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
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said by donoreo:Yes, the newer ones would be. Any I have dealt with were the older EMC ones.
Equalogic were the ones were looking at. That was also another bought company. Great product, but over the top expensive.
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said by elwoodblues:Are you kidding me. They wanted 75k for a 16tb SAN, I spent about 15K for over 45TB on a DAS that I then turned (several of them) into a NAS using Freenas. Right, and you're paying a premium for the support, not the hardware.
I could care less what you do, but as a former IT professional I consider it a matter of ethics if you are deploying hardware to clients and not making them aware that the way you are deploying the machine may have an affect on the warranty and service they're purchasing to go with it. |
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North York, ON | said by Gone:said by elwoodblues:Are you kidding me. They wanted 75k for a 16tb SAN, I spent about 15K for over 45TB on a DAS that I then turned (several of them) into a NAS using Freenas. Right, and you're paying a premium for the support, not the hardware. I could care less what you do, but as a former IT professional I consider it a matter of ethics if you are deploying hardware to clients and not making them aware that the way you are deploying the machine may have an affect on the warranty and service they're purchasing to go with it. To his credit, he was doing what he was told. I know in his last position the mantra was to "find a cheaper way no matter what".
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kudos:3 | There's nothing wrong with that at all, the customer just needs full disclosure and needs to be informed that there are caveats to doing it the way elwood has been doing it. Speed, quality and price. Pick two. |
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donoreoPremium
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North York, ON | said by Gone:There's nothing wrong with that at all, the customer just needs full disclosure and needs to be informed that there are caveats to doing it the way elwood has been doing it. Speed, quality and price. Pick two.
There was no "customer" it was his employer. |
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+1 for the Lenovo refurb. I bought one at $379 and is rocksolid (knock on wood).
i5, 500gb, 6gb ram, hdmi, card reader, wimax. Faster enough for any heavy office use. |
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elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
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said by Gone:There's nothing wrong with that at all, the customer just needs full disclosure and needs to be informed that there are caveats to doing it the way elwood has been doing it. Speed, quality and price. Pick two.
Clients give me a budget and I work with that. When I worked for someone, same thing, I have a budget and I work with that.
I'm very resourceful and can find many ways to save money.
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GonePremium
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kudos:3 | Like I said, that's fine. People just need to know what they're getting into. |
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kudos:3 | reply to donoreo
Being a developer I don't buy anything but loaded and fast laptops as being a business tool for me, its both a write off and my profession (think how much a Carpenter spends on his tools), so performance matters more then price. One of the things that I like about my Alienware that I didn't like about my old HP, is the lack of heat. Alienware handles it much better then my HP did as eventually my HP fried itself (ripped it apart so I could see the very nice bluing on the chip, before I tossed the remains in the recycle bin). Also the 18.4" of screen is helpful as the eyes aren't what they used to be when I was younger and toss in that I was able to customize it when ordering from Dell and customize it after receiving it from Dell is a bonus. The thing you have to remember with any computer purchase is between the time you ordered it and received it, 3 new laptops have come out that are faster and I'm OK with that as next year I'll order another new one and based on the performance of this laptop, Alienware would be my first choice right now. What I look for in a laptop is a slightly portable desktop replacement and I suspect most people want something different from a laptop. Certainly I'll order a Microsoft Surface Professional as soon as they are available (we have iPads available here, but they leave me wanting in a number of ways so I only use them when I absolutely have to, like to facetime with my Mom, I'll likely buy her a Surface as well so we can toss the iPads).
Blake
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