The visible differences between the open source E520 on the left side of the "open source" page and the E520 on right hand side of the Windoze bargain page are:
1. The "open source" has a 250 GB hard drive, the Windoze a 160.
2. The Windoze version says it comes with a 16x DVD, no such thing is specified for the "open source" version, which may make the FreeDOS install difficult. Those differences could hardly come up to $230, so you are paying the Windoze tax and then some for the illusion of avoiding it. Same box, same stuff in it, the one with Windoze costs less.
And...
The E520n as listed there has a monitor included, the E520 does not ($240 difference) The E520n has a CDRW/DVD combo drive, the E520 is DVD-only. ($30 difference) The E520n has a 256 MB video card, the E520 is onboard video. ($40 difference)
That should cover your $230 difference, plus $80 for your trouble.
where i work, the fact that we replicate our cvs server every two hours and have weekly backups for the past three years on-site and for the past several months offsite means that we get quite a pleasant cut in our premiums
What exactly are you insured against?
Just curious... I've never heard of any insurance against not having proper backups, and I'm not sure if it would be very expensive (since anyone who would need it is obviously not maintaining their backups), or very cheap (since anyone who would think to buy insurance for that, probably backs everything up three times anyway).
About five years ago or so, there was a reduced-type (but unabridged) edition of the 20-volume OED for only (!) $300. I assume it's still being produced.
One code validation tool for Visual Basic is Compuware DevPartner. I used the evaluation version briefly (under VB 6) and liked it, though the full version was expensive. (I haven't looked at it lately, though.)
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And...
The E520n as listed there has a monitor included, the E520 does not ($240 difference)
The E520n has a CDRW/DVD combo drive, the E520 is DVD-only. ($30 difference)
The E520n has a 256 MB video card, the E520 is onboard video. ($40 difference)
That should cover your $230 difference, plus $80 for your trouble.
What exactly are you insured against?
Just curious... I've never heard of any insurance against not having proper backups, and I'm not sure if it would be very expensive (since anyone who would need it is obviously not maintaining their backups), or very cheap (since anyone who would think to buy insurance for that, probably backs everything up three times anyway).
About five years ago or so, there was a reduced-type (but unabridged) edition of the 20-volume OED for only (!) $300. I assume it's still being produced.
One code validation tool for Visual Basic is Compuware DevPartner. I used the evaluation version briefly (under VB 6) and liked it, though the full version was expensive. (I haven't looked at it lately, though.)
"They eat old people's medicine for food."
"They will grab you with their metal claws. And you can't get away. Because their claws are made of metal. And robots are strong."
No, no, the line 'and tits doesn't even belong on the list' is from the original George Carlin routine. "'Tits' doesn't even belong on the list. It sounds like a snack. Yes, I know, it is. But I don't mean your sexist snack. I mean New Nabisco Tits! And Cheese Tits, Bacon Tits... Tater Tits! Bet you can't eat just one! That's true, I usually switch off..."