[geeks] How big is a pile of 40,000 PCs?

[David Cantrell]

On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 02:10:02PM -0400, R. Lonstein wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 10:13:14AM -0400, David L Kindred (Dave) wrote:
> > trying to imagine just how large a pile of 40,000 PCs would be if they
> > were ever in the same place at once?
> According to Enlight, they can ship 800 cases (each approx. 17"w X 7"h
> X 19"d) in a 40 foot container. I'm guessing that is one of those big
> steel shipping containers like you see at the port being unloaded by
> crane. That works out, conveniently, to 50 of these. Imagine 50
> tractor trailers (not including the cab) and you have an idea of the
> size.

Now add the monitors :-)

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