RE: New Hardware Announcement

[Justin Haase <JHaase@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you've honestly only got TWO interactive users, you should be able to get
away with the zero interactive.  I've done a system with 4 interactive users
(a 270 w/ zero interactive) and it worked just fine.

jch

-----Original Message-----
From: TechSupport@basspro.com [mailto:TechSupport@basspro.com]
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 12:39 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: New Hardware Announcement


 

 

 

                                                                     I''m
wondering   
                                                                     if
we're the     
                                                                     only
customer    
 
experiencing     
                                                                     this
"sticker    
                                                                     shock"
problem.  
                                                                     One of
our       
 
machines is an   
                                                                     820
with CPW of  
 
1100/35. We do   
                                                                     most of
our      
                                                                     mailing
list     
 
processing on it 
                                                                     and
there are    
                                                                     only
two IS      
                                                                     people
who use   
                                                                     it for

 
interactive      
                                                                     work,
the rest   
                                                                     is
batch. Since  
                                                                     it is
in serious 
                                                                     need of
an       
                                                                     upgrade
I got    
                                                                     pricing
for what 
                                                                     I
deemed a       
                                                                     logical
upgrade  
                                                                     path.
The        
                                                                     result,
were I   
                                                                     to take
it to my 
                                                                     boss,
would      
                                                                     result
in me     
                                                                     being
thrown out 
                                                                     of his
office.   
 
Originally I got 
                                                                     a price
of $146K 
                                                                     for an
upgrade   
                                                                     to an
820 with   
                                                                     CPW of
2350/35.  
                                                                     The
price for    
                                                                     the
equivalent   
                                                                     810
with CPW of  
 
2700/2700 is     
                                                                     $239K.

                                                                     Please
tell me   
                                                                     there
is an      
                                                                     error
somewhere  
                                                                     and I'm
not      
                                                                     being
charged    
                                                                     $93K
for an      
                                                                     extra
350 CPW!   
                                                                     In
addition,     
                                                                     there
is no      
                                                                     upgrade
path for 
                                                                     the
810. I don't 
                                                                     see the
goodness 
                                                                     that is
being    
                                                                     spread
around    
                                                                     for
this         
 
announcement.    
 

 

 
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Paul Fenstermacher AS/400 Certified System Administrator
Bass Pro Shops
417-873-5424
paulf@basspro.com