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To: freeus who wrote (47846)	6/16/1998 2:09:00 PM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Freeus, I think you are being led astray and getting more confused. The definition of a "Workstation" as it applies to this new WinTel segment has nothing to do with how it's connected to a network or wether it's a home vs. work machine. Rudedog posted the main differences between a Desktop PC and a Workstation. Re-read that and it should help. MEATHEAD

To: freeus who wrote (47846)	6/16/1998 3:42:00 PM
From: Zeem	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Yo freeus - Yep you got it. Dell sells a lot of "Worksations" because they take great pride in what they sell to the public (Well Built Machines). If you were a manager who was in charge of Data Management at your company, which would you prefer, cheap sht or dependable equipment? Dell is more attractive to higher end users because of quality and because an experienced user will cost the company less through less tech support needs. Quite Simply Put (see copy below) Meathead - Workstation as defined by Dell I'm only going to respond to this one last time for the sake of clarity. According to Dane -Dell Sales Representative Ext. 64649 1-800-917-3355 A workstation (Generic Definition) is defined by it's position in the Network*. Dell proprietary (what they want to sell you) workstation is a dual Pentium II with a 3D video card. Now you could place a 286 as a workstation. You could place a dual Pentium II in the server position. If you had a dual Pentium II, not attached to the network would it still be a workstation? No, it's a stand alone. In 1991, IBM sold one of my customers 10 "486 Diskless Workstations" and one "486 Server". It just depends on how fast or how much your willing to spend. And of course what the technology is at the time (No dual Pentium in 1991). Now if you don't do CAD's and only do accounting in your workgroup (Network), does this mean your not really on a workstation because you might not have a highend 3D video card? It's much simpler than you guys are making out to be.