#DEC PC's
15-Oct-95 10:47:44
Sb: #195397-#DEC PC's
Fm: ALAN IGLESIAS 70262,1240
To: Stephen C. Levy 102452,1254
Well, if you are considering buying a DEC machine now, here's what's up:
The DEC Celebris line offers full upgradability to faster, dual P5, as well as
Alpha (233Mhz) solutions now. It is a CPU/Daughterboard upgrade, and I believe
they will take a trade-in. Call DEC PCs at 1/800/722/9332 for the complete
skinny.
The machines themselves have built-in SCSI and EIDE, are very nicely designed
and manufactured, and come with a considerable warranty.
Of course, this puts these machines at a bit of a premium, so you really need
to carefully compare them with other brands (say, Micron or something like
that) to decide if the extra money is worth it for your application. Keep in
mind that the 233Mhz Alpha will probably run native (Alpha-compiled) NT code
faster than a dual P5/150 system (running Intel/NT code).
I'll have more information regarding upgrading the older PC/XL line this week.
Best of luck,
-Alan