Killer deal on a well-equipped workstation/gaming laptop.
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I'll go be extra mean on 4chan later to make up for it
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@Nic lol awesome
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I have to admit I have a Lenovo. However, it was free and it's running Linux (so I don't think the BIOS stuff is an issue?). It's not my main though, just a side one I use for random stuff.
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@johnhooks they used to make lots of decent stuff! I just wouldn't buy one now unfortunately
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@MattSpeller said:
@johnhooks they used to make lots of decent stuff! I just wouldn't buy one now unfortunately
You mean, they bought decent stuff from IBM then tried to make their own
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@scottalanmiller said:
@MattSpeller said:
@johnhooks they used to make lots of decent stuff! I just wouldn't buy one now unfortunately
You mean, they bought decent stuff from IBM then tried to make their own
And here I am taking a job that uses IBM/Lenovo BladeCenters exclusively.
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@coliver said:
And here I am taking a job that uses IBM/Lenovo BladeCenters exclusively.
Don't call them IBM/Lenovo, they are 100% Lenovo now. They put IBM in the name as marketing to make people think that it is enterprise class gear.
And blades on top of that? Dell even came out and said that blades make no sense and are just for the suckers to get locked in. They make them but don't recommend them.
http://www.datamation.com/datbus/article.php/3828481/Debunking-the-Blade-Server-Myth.htm
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
And here I am taking a job that uses IBM/Lenovo BladeCenters exclusively.
Don't call them IBM/Lenovo, they are 100% Lenovo now. They put IBM in the name as marketing to make people think that it is enterprise class gear.
And blades on top of that? Dell even came out and said that blades make no sense and are just for the suckers to get locked in. They make them but don't recommend them.
http://www.datamation.com/datbus/article.php/3828481/Debunking-the-Blade-Server-Myth.htm
Oh they have IBM blades prior to the acquisition and Lenovo blades post-acquisition (although they may be the same)... as a newbie I probably won't be in the position to bring up how blades cost so much with 0 benefits for a while.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
And here I am taking a job that uses IBM/Lenovo BladeCenters exclusively.
Don't call them IBM/Lenovo, they are 100% Lenovo now. They put IBM in the name as marketing to make people think that it is enterprise class gear.
And blades on top of that? Dell even came out and said that blades make no sense and are just for the suckers to get locked in. They make them but don't recommend them.
http://www.datamation.com/datbus/article.php/3828481/Debunking-the-Blade-Server-Myth.htm
Thanks for the read. We also have blades but our purchasing strategy is a bit different to the (I guess) usual one outlined in the article.
I thought I should mention that I have Storage blades (mini-SANs according to your article
) that have 12x SAS HDDs in them. The technology has changed, slightly, since you wrote the article but the principle is still the same (Sacrifice processing slots for storage).Anyhoo...
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@nadnerB said:
Thanks for the read. We also have blades but our purchasing strategy is a bit different to the (I guess) usual one outlined in the article.
What is your strategy?
