Re: Should I upgrade my hardware?

Alan:
One thing you should not do is make a decision not to buy because either
something better will come along or the proce will be cheaper.  Those 2
factors will always be true and no one would ever buy new tachnology.  This
should be strickly a business decision.  You should try to keep you OS up to
date and if you NEED more disk, and a faster CPU, you should weigh the
option of just upgading the parts you need plus the OS upgrade with the cost
of the new hardware AND the time and effort required to do the conversion.
There are lots of other factors you will need to consider if you change out
boxes, especially if you do alot of communications on your system.
Good luck.
Carl Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
540 Powder Springs Street
Suite C19
Marietta, GA  30064
770-422-2995
mailto: cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
http:cgalgano.home.mindspring.com
EDI, Communications and AS400 Technical Consulting

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Novick <ANovick@BellAtlantic.Net>
To: 'Midrange-L' <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 11:40 AM
Subject: Should I upgrade my hardware?


>I have a model 400-2132.  My disk utilization is near 75% so on the way
>to buying more disk I'm thinking this is a good time to look at buying a
>whole new machine. (Yes, I have taken measures to reduce what is
>occupying my disk).  My local vendor reccomends going to a 600-2135.
>This is very nice, and the performance improvement is 68%.  The cost of
>the upgrade, with the increased disk, comes to $40,000.  We are a small
>company and this is a lot of money to my budget.  Regardless of the
>hardware decision, I will be upgrading from V3R7 to V4R3 or whatever
>they are at by the time I get the money :)  The other motivating factor
>is that right now I am dialing out to the Internet with a SLIP
>connection.  As I understand it, with a V4 operating system I can
>connect using PPP but only with the new hardware.  Another consideration
>for the decision is that I can't upgrade every year.  Maybe next year
>there will be an even cooler machine that I will want?
>
>Anybody have thoughts on what I should do or what additional factors
>might influence my decision?
>
>Alan Novick
>New Brunswick, NJ
>
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