From: usenet@andyburns.uk   
      
   Scott Dorsey wrote:   
      
   > Retrograde   wrote:   
   >>> Dell has announced it’s rebranding literally its entire product line, so   
   >> mainstays like XPS, Latitude, and Inspiron are going away. They’re   
   replacing   
   >> all of these old brands with Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max, and within   
   each   
   >> of these, there will be three tiers: Base, Plus, and Premium.   
   >   
   > This is confusing.   
   >   
   > Which is the one made as cheaply as possible so the fans and electrolytic   
   > caps fail five years down the road?  That used to be the Optiplex, what is   
   > it now?   
      
   At a guess "Dell" & "Base"   
      
   > Which is the rackmount server   
      
   None of XPS, Latitude, and Inspiron are servers   
      
   Their website for servers is very confusing now, too split up by   
   industry, what does a server care about that?   
      
   Easy to find 1U/1xsocket/4xdrive servers for about £1k   
   Easy to find £30kto £50k, 1U servers too   
      
   Not so easy to find boxes with a bit more expansion (2U, 2xsocket, 8-16   
   drives) they do exist and reasonable about £3-4k starting price, but   
   they're almost hidden.   
      
   I'm sure they'd love to spend they time sending out horrifically priced   
   quotes, but for customers who haven't gone to the cloud, but don't wnt a   
   poverty spec server, they don't appear to be trying very hard?   
      
   > It took years to figure out the old names.  Now I have to figure them all   
   > out all over again?   
   I'm sure we'll cope   
      
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