Invisible wrote:
> Really? So what's the deal with the full-page "HP original HDs" listing 
> then?

Dunno. Maybe they make some of the parts. There's only like two factories in 
the world that make ram chips, for example.

> And let us not forget the software of course... 

That too.

> Pretty damned expensive though, don't you think? You'd have to be, like, 
> *really* desperate for speed to go to such lengths.

Not especially expensive, no. Just from a quick calculation, it's about 
$2000 for that much fast RAM here.  If that lets you make financial trades 
that save you $100K/year, why wouldn't you?

> I doubt they're going to buy an off-the-shelf HP out of a catelogue. 
> Presumably they have an entire datacenter full of custom hardware to run 
> that stuff.

Sure.

> Still doesn't explain what your "average" customer is going to want this 
> for.

For anything between a 5GB database and a 300terabyte database. :-)

> All our printers are HP, and they seem to work quite well. 

The printers are good, yes.

Actually, like all such companies, the quality fluctuates with the amount of 
bad press they get.

> (Unless some 
> skinflint decides to put a SOHO printer in a busy office... no surprises 
> that that doesn't work.)

Exactly. By the time you move up to the HP machines that are reliable enough 
to run a business on, you're spending more than the competition.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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