Re: New 250 better than 170's from IBM on eBay

[Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have sold a "number" of 170's from the "used folks at IBM" and in my
opinion, the very best deals(for developers) are the older 170's with
V4R4 or V4R3 with a P05 process group. By joining PID and getting a good
bit of the software at free or "near free" prices, you can end up with a
very nice machine for very few bucks. The used market is very nice for
dasd and memory also, so upgrading is also fairly painless.

(Warning... Most of my used sales are to my "existing" customers who
 currently hold a license agreement for some version of OS/400.
 This means they are able to order the latest version under their
current
 software agreement.)

The 1% lease from ICC also remains a VERY attractive way to get a 250 or
270 at a very "workable price"....(I assume this still exists)

These are only my opinions and your experieces may vary a great deal...


Leif Svalgaard wrote:
>
> From: <JOberholtzer@compures.com>
> > With all due respect to the technical experts that  contribute to the list,
> > the ability those of us have to properly design and configure an iSeries to
> > meet customer expectations is a different skill than knowing OS/400 and its
> > associated LPP's.   That's why business partners spend so much money, time,
> > and energy to understand all of the options and details that go into even a
> > simple order of a 250
>
> somebody must be paying for all that "money, time, and energy".
> I'm sure that it is the consumer in the end, not the BP, not IBM.
>
> How many cables to you need for an entry-level box?
> And can't IBM figure out to ship that?
>
> I understand your argument when we are talking about a
> $5M box to server a 1000 users, with connections to SNA,
> multiple modems, tape drives, printers, etc, but "a simple
> 250" entry box?
>
> Now, of course, one should not ask the barber
> if one needs a haircut :-)
>
>