Thanks, everyone. I have passed along your suggestions and comments to my friend.
Curt On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Mark J. Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > You might have him check with Nashville Computer in Brentwood off Wilson > Pike Circle if he is insisting on a local vendor who takes credit cards > and has been around for a while. They are not a retail/storefront > operation either. I have dealt with them a lot in the past and they resale > Dell hardware on the server end and have some long time staff there that > are server-oriented and knowledgeable. Steven is right, though, as even > they would have to order something in. But at least they could also be > there to support him (for his client) after the sale. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Steven S. Critchfield > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 7:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [nlug] Decent rack mount sever needed > > Depends on what your friend is looking to actually accomplish by having > bought local. > > Is he looking for support? Is he looking for longevity of the company? > > It is likely if he went to a local store, they would order the parts for > him and put the machine together. Some place like PCDude or > ComputerRenaissance. But don't expect any real help with service after the > sale. Mainly it isn't what they do, at least not while it is in the rack. > Also don't expect a great deal of product knowledge. Again, not what they > do. > > Now, if you could mail order, there are plenty of places you can order > supermicro hardware, or even find some Dell or HP equipment. > > If he is looking at a weeks time, he is already behind on his work. It is > unlikely anything mail ordered would be in in time to let him do any burn > in and software config before his time is up. In fact, now, his best bet > would be to check out the Dell refurb site and pay whatever extortion fee > it takes to get it delivered overnight. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > I have a friend who's putting together a computer for a local company. > > He needs it in about a week, and has to be able to walk up somewhere > > and plunk down a credit card locally to buy it. > > > > He's looking for a Core i7, 8 GB or more RAM and a few TB of > > enterprise-grade hard disks. Some kind of reasonable graphics card. A > > rack mount enclosure is preferred. > > > > I have no idea why he can't order it online, but he says he can't. I > > know of no high performance computer companies around town, but I'm > > not shopping for computers so I'd have no reason to know. > > > > Can anyone offer a suggestion for my friend? > > > > Thanks! > > Curt > > > > -- > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To > > unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] For more options, visit this > > group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > Steven Critchfield [email protected] > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To > unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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