The huge collection of 2GHz Vostro 1500s at the outlet
(XP Home, 120GB/1GB) have the peculiar property that the
price keeps going up as time passes.
They're historically overpriced already for a 1GB system,
though they're not bad machines, abstractly considered.
With 2GB instead of 1GB I'd value them at $425 for my
particular benchmarks (price per megaflop) but perhaps
other people have other criteria. They want $579.
Just to say that they're not likely to move them by
raising the price more, though.
I'm amazed, that said, at how much you can get today for your
dollar. It's programmer heaven.
-- rhhardin@mindspring.com
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:55:28 -0400, Ron Hardin
<rhhardin@mindspring.com> wrote:
>The huge collection of 2GHz Vostro 1500s at the outlet
>(XP Home, 120GB/1GB) have the peculiar property that the
>price keeps going up as time passes.
>
>They're historically overpriced already for a 1GB system,
>though they're not bad machines, abstractly considered.
>
>With 2GB instead of 1GB I'd value them at $425 for my
>particular benchmarks (price per megaflop) but perhaps
>other people have other criteria. They want $579.
>
>Just to say that they're not likely to move them by
>raising the price more, though.
>
>I'm amazed, that said, at how much you can get today for your
>dollar. It's programmer heaven.
Yeah the outlet can have strange pricing -- at times I've seen older
computers selling for more than the new replacements, such as a 710m
going for more than a M1210 (compact laptops).
It is amazing what we can get for our money these days. The sweet
spot for higher-end systems was around $2,000 - $2,500 for a long
time.
"Ron Hardin" <rhhardin@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:48A9C5A0.AC9@mindspring.com...
> The huge collection of 2GHz Vostro 1500s at the outlet
> (XP Home, 120GB/1GB) have the peculiar property that the
> price keeps going up as time passes.
>
> They're historically overpriced already for a 1GB system,
> though they're not bad machines, abstractly considered.
>
> With 2GB instead of 1GB I'd value them at $425 for my
> particular benchmarks (price per megaflop) but perhaps
> other people have other criteria. They want $579.
>
> Just to say that they're not likely to move them by
> raising the price more, though.
>
> I'm amazed, that said, at how much you can get today for your
> dollar. It's programmer heaven.
> --
> rhhardin@mindspring.com
>
> On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
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