[geeks] Dual Quad-Core servers on sale at Dell (again) + Dual Dual-core Opteron too

[Joshua Boyd]

On Dec 7, 2007, at 10:36 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Dell is having a sale on the dual quad-core PowerEdge SC1430 tower  
> server
> ($779), as well as the PowerEdge 1900 ($1199), and the Dual dual- 
> core Opteron
> 2212 PowerEdge SC1435 ($699):
>
> http://techbargains.com/news_displayitem.cfm/106063

I don't know how hard Dell enforces working configurations, but if  
you try to configure the dual dual Opteron SC1435, you are told that  
you must buy a 4 DIMM memory upgrade.  The cheapest of them is $119,  
driving your price to $818, which still is good, but that seems a bit  
deceptive.

If only I had the cash.  Actually, if I did, I still would probably  
feel compelled to purchase a workstation instead of a server.