As usual, an instantaneous response from the list. The
unanimous sentiment is that provided Compaq is willing to certify the
equiptment for maintenence contract, that it is perfectly acceptable in
production environments. As well, no one who responded had ever
received non-working refurbished units. Everyone suggested buying only
from reputable dealers.
Several other interesting facts were pointed out. Several
managers pointed out that any repairs on a machine serviced by Compaq
are likely with refub'ed parts. A few people suggested having Compaq
come for a pre-certification test of the system before adding it to the
maintenence contract. Dr. Tom mentioned that it's possible the units
were from internal Compaq labs, or trade shows, etc and could
concievably be "good as new". Also, a few resellers touched base, some
with very intriguing offers!
Thanks to:
"Clegg, Larry" <Larry_Clegg_at_intuit.com>
Daniel Monjar <dam_at_orgtek.com>
jim caldwell <caldwell_at_heimdal.compchem.ucsf.edu>
"Donald P. Theune" <TheuneD_at_crlcorp.com>
Darryl Milczarek <darryl.milczarek_at_emsusa.com>
Benjamin <bingwersen_at_traverse.com>
tackenhu_at_fnal.gov
"Dr. Thomas.Blinn_at_Compaq.com" <tpb_at_doctor.zk3.dec.com>
"Wermerskirchen, Gary" <Gary.Wermerskirchen_at_trizetto.com>
"Devine, Tom" <tdevine_at_lifelinesys.com>
--On Tue, Feb 6, 2001 5:30 PM -0500 Jeff Berliner
<jeff_at_popmail.med.nyu.edu> wrote:
>
> Thanks to our world-class purchasing department, we missed out
> on the DS-20E promotion Compaq was running at the end of last year.
> As it stands now, Compaq can provide a DS-20 for a similar price to
> the promotion, but that would be a refurbished unit.
>
> I'm curious what other managers experience, if any, have been
> with refurbished equiptment? I should note that we'd be using new
> HDs, and installing our own SCSI controllers, and putting the machine
> on maintenece contract. Is it safe for production systems or do we
> bite the bullet and buy new again?
>
> Thanks as always!
>
> - jeff
>
> --
> Jeff Berliner jeff_at_popmail.med.nyu.edu
> Information Technology, Phone: (212) 263-2051
> New York University School of Medicine Fax: (212) 263-8542
- Jeff
--
Jeff Berliner jeff_at_popmail.med.nyu.edu
Information Technology, Phone: (212) 263-2051
New York University School of Medicine Fax: (212) 263-8542
Received on Tue Feb 06 2001 - 23:24:04 NZDT