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All the other repsonses are valid - there are good things and some price advantages in the i5, it seems.

But against that is the hassle of a new release. There are always problems. Some would say wait until at least the first CUME before getting a new release. You need to weigh costs and benefits, and with a new release, there is likely to be a cost for it getting really shaped up. Put your actuaries on it. ;-)

Of course, there's also the extra cost of a 2-stage purchase in a short time - 810 now, 520 within a year, say.

HTH
Vern

At 08:23 AM 5/18/2004, you wrote:
We had just finished up our quotes for a new 810 when the i5 was announced.
I and my compatriot in arms have recommended to the IT Director to not worry
about the i5 and just go with the 810.

We're an insurance company with two computer people running the whole
company.  When we get our new machine, we are basically hooking it up,
transferring data and going live.  We aren't able to beat it up for a couple
months to test it first.  This is mainly why I say going with the 810 and
5r2 is the better route, because there are less surprises and our vendor has
been using this line for their application for years.

He (Director) still wants to know the "industry's" opinion on whether we
should go i5 or 810 and whether going to 5r3 is risky or not.

Do you have any feedback and/or any links for articles about this?

This is one I have found so far.
http://www.midrangeserver.com/fhg/fhg051204-story05.html

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com



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