Killer deal on a well-equipped workstation/gaming laptop.

creayt

@Nic said:

@creayt said:

@Nic I was kidding, read it again. P.S. help w/ what?

Oh, I thought you were asking for feedback on whether the deal was good or not, my bad. Don't mind me, I'm just cranky today

NP, sorry I temporarily offended you

Nic

It's all good

MattSpeller

\o/

Civility on the internet!?!?! Why I never....

creayt

@MattSpeller said:

\o/

Civility on the internet!?!?! Why I never....

I'm one of the culprits and I'm upset by it myself.

Nic

I'll go be extra mean on 4chan later to make up for it

MattSpeller

@Nic lol awesome

stacksofplates

I have to admit I have a Lenovo. However, it was free and it's running Linux (so I don't think the BIOS stuff is an issue?). It's not my main though, just a side one I use for random stuff.

MattSpeller

@johnhooks they used to make lots of decent stuff! I just wouldn't buy one now unfortunately

scottalanmiller

@MattSpeller said:

@johnhooks they used to make lots of decent stuff! I just wouldn't buy one now unfortunately

You mean, they bought decent stuff from IBM then tried to make their own

coliver

@scottalanmiller said:

@MattSpeller said:

@johnhooks they used to make lots of decent stuff! I just wouldn't buy one now unfortunately

You mean, they bought decent stuff from IBM then tried to make their own

And here I am taking a job that uses IBM/Lenovo BladeCenters exclusively.

scottalanmiller

@coliver said:

And here I am taking a job that uses IBM/Lenovo BladeCenters exclusively.

Don't call them IBM/Lenovo, they are 100% Lenovo now. They put IBM in the name as marketing to make people think that it is enterprise class gear.

And blades on top of that? Dell even came out and said that blades make no sense and are just for the suckers to get locked in. They make them but don't recommend them.

http://www.datamation.com/datbus/article.php/3828481/Debunking-the-Blade-Server-Myth.htm

coliver

@scottalanmiller said:

@coliver said:

And here I am taking a job that uses IBM/Lenovo BladeCenters exclusively.

Don't call them IBM/Lenovo, they are 100% Lenovo now. They put IBM in the name as marketing to make people think that it is enterprise class gear.

And blades on top of that? Dell even came out and said that blades make no sense and are just for the suckers to get locked in. They make them but don't recommend them.

http://www.datamation.com/datbus/article.php/3828481/Debunking-the-Blade-Server-Myth.htm

Oh they have IBM blades prior to the acquisition and Lenovo blades post-acquisition (although they may be the same)... as a newbie I probably won't be in the position to bring up how blades cost so much with 0 benefits for a while.

nadnerB

@scottalanmiller said:

@coliver said:

And here I am taking a job that uses IBM/Lenovo BladeCenters exclusively.

Don't call them IBM/Lenovo, they are 100% Lenovo now. They put IBM in the name as marketing to make people think that it is enterprise class gear.

And blades on top of that? Dell even came out and said that blades make no sense and are just for the suckers to get locked in. They make them but don't recommend them.

http://www.datamation.com/datbus/article.php/3828481/Debunking-the-Blade-Server-Myth.htm

Thanks for the read. We also have blades but our purchasing strategy is a bit different to the (I guess) usual one outlined in the article.

I thought I should mention that I have Storage blades (mini-SANs according to your article ) that have 12x SAS HDDs in them. The technology has changed, slightly, since you wrote the article but the principle is still the same (Sacrifice processing slots for storage).

Anyhoo...

scottalanmiller

@nadnerB said:

Thanks for the read. We also have blades but our purchasing strategy is a bit different to the (I guess) usual one outlined in the article.

What is your strategy?