<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks to all who replied to this thread. It
was both educational for me and valuable for the client.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>is</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bchacc@san.rr.com href="mailto:bchacc@san.rr.com">Rocky Smolin -
Beach Access Software</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=AccessD@databaseadvisors.com
href="mailto:AccessD@databaseadvisors.com">AccessD@databaseadvisors.com</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 01, 2003 10:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [AccessD] OT: Server
Needed</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear List:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Excuse the OT please but I know someone will know
the answer:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a client who wants to upgrade the server
on his network. There's about 10 seats on his network, of which maybe 6
are being used. Seems to me that he could use any good, fast P4 box with
1/2 gig of RAM , etc. Which is well under $1000 these days from dell, or
gateway, with three years on-site.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A local, old, fairly reputable company in San
Diego - Datel - is quoting him $1457 for and Intel entry level server with a
P4 (speed unknown), 512MB RAM, 80GB HD, with DUAL LAN RAID - whatever that
is. Plus another $775 for "WIN 2000 SVR W/5 CLIENT SP3 OEM-CD".
Plus something between 5 and 10 hours of installation charged at a price
unspecified in the quote.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Right now his "server" is an old Win98 box, slow,
but effective.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My question is, what is the difference between a
box that someone like Dell calls a server and an ordinary computer? Does
he need a server?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MTIA,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rocky</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>