That does look like a good deal... (of course I have been shopping dell.com). Brand New...Dual Xeon, 2GB RAM , etc etc ... Why so cheap ? Steve ========================= http://www.TradePerformance.com
open corporate box... initial shipping damage... wrong item ordered...etc... i have been buying and upgrading these for years... a lot of people are not aware of these... sometimes they are refurbs also with a one year warranty...i just buy an extended warranty from ibm...not a third party and i get next day on site service and level 2 tech support for three years for around 250.00 usd...about 25 cents a day
If you could win the auction for around this price, it would be a good deal. However, most trading applications will work just fine on a lesser computer... all the extra is just overkill. You can easily run 4-8 monitors off of a $500-$600 rig.... not including monitors, of course.
For those not familiar with hardware.... A recent mag article had Dell ranked... 1. Average for hardware 2. A bit below average on support/service 3. Above average for cost/value
Good Point, ... Auction is not over yet...not a "buy it now" price. Steve ========================= http://www.TradePerformance.com
okay...hate to burst the technobubble...but i trade on two computers. Computer one Intel p4 1.8gig 1gb ram, cheap slow hard drive, Computer two: ibm thinkpad 570, pII 233 with 198mb ram. I have a sprint pcs broadband card for both computers (same card uses pcmcia slots and have adapter for desktop). I used two softwares, OMNIpro and Axis pro through nexa and penson. My account is up 45% over the last week using 25:1 intraday leverage and no overnights. That's 45% on equity not notional. It doesn't take a fast computer to put on trades, take them off, and make money. Yes, I can use a new laptop. But being the savvy cheapskate I am and wanting to earn the best return for my business, I will buy a used one on ebay just like I bought this laptop. I am sure I can use a new desktop too, but if there is anything I have learned over the past 7 years is that the minimum, most robust technology is the best. My trading conneciton doesn't use vpn or whatever the newer secure connection is so I guess I can continue to run on these older machines for a while. I also run my daily scans on my laptop, which takes like 25 minutes to run through all the stocks, but I do that once a day. It takes like 3 min on the desktop. I really don't need more speed.
Yeah, I am just so busy with other stuff I have never gotten around to doing it. Gimme a couple of days. nitro
Hmm, not too bad, but you can find great deals with Dell too you know: http://cgi.ebay.com/DELL-PRECISION-...9QQihZ008QQcategoryZ11219QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Pricing is a bit better when you look at all that's there too. Or maybe with me being an enterprising tech, I might be convinced to look here: http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-PowerEdge-...0QQihZ006QQcategoryZ51227QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I'll guess this unit might go for about $400. Of course even at $800 it would prove to be a better deal for someone like me. I'll bet I could use the difference to even add these: http://cgi.ebay.com/5-Used-Maxtor-A...ryZ39975QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem One OS drive and a data bank. Raid these puppies together and I think I'm right there. As a matter of fact, this whole package might be $800 doable. That leaves money for a video: http://cgi.ebay.com/Matrox-G450-MMS...ryZ40160QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/2-6-foot-60-pin...ryZ40160QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem And audio card: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Creative-La...6QQihZ012QQcategoryZ44981QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem That all makes this a real monster deal.
After buying an IBM in the mid 90s, I've built my own. My latest is an AMD 64X2 6000+ & Asus Crosshair mobo...love it. Runs cool, never gets out of the teens re. CPU usage, auto overclocks to over 4ghz. I also have an Intel 3.2ghz dual core that no matter how big of fan runs hot, and 50%+ CPU usage doing the same chart work. Each drives 4 19in displays. Next I'm trying the AMD Opteron...and 2 nVidia Quadro video cards.