>>> Most server-class hardware also comes with a support contract with fast
>>> turnaround.
>>
>> Yes, but you can perfectly well get tower servers with that too. So
>> comparing that to a rack-mount server would seem to nullify this point.
>
> I've never seen a tower server with hot-pluggable power supplies or hot-
> pluggable PCI.  (Doesn't mean they don't exist, but I've yet to see one).

Our old server towers had hot-swap PSUs. In fact, one of the tests in 
the disaster recovery plan verification procedure that I wrote was to 
physically unplug one and make sure the server doesn't die. ;-)

No hot-swap PCI though; IIRC, it had ISA, not PCI.

>>> Service is like insurance - expensive, and you hope you never need to
>>> use it.
>>
>> Yep - usually because when you /do/ need it, you find out it isn't very
>> good. ;-)
>
> That's also usually true. :)

Ah, you too have bitter experience, I see. :-)

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