Re: I5 vs. 810

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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