Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!homxb!mtuxo!mtune!mtunk!io!granjon!edsel!bentley!kaiser!bearcat!cord!erc3bb!erc3ba!occrsh!uokmax!rob
From: rob@uokmax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: 386 v '020/Small wkstns vs. big pc's
Message-ID: <748@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 22-Sep-87 13:19:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: uokmax.748
Posted: Tue Sep 22 13:19:20 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 26-Sep-87 00:46:05 EDT
References: <1376@imagen.UUCP> <116@faccs.UUCP> <509@sbcs.UUCP> <1179@pdn.UUCP> <1432@ssc-vax.UUCP> <233@puck.UUCP>
Reply-To: rob@uokmax.UUCP (Robert K. Shull)
Organization: University of Oklahoma, Norman
Lines: 18
Keywords: sun macintosh

In article <233@puck.UUCP> asp@puck.UUCP (Andy Puchrik) writes:
>>(Text about the Sun 3/60 and its expandability)
>This is a very interesting machine, especially when you add your own disk
>and controller.  Does anyone know what the monthly/annual hardware maintenance
>cost is?  Does Sun bundle in the first year of h/w maint like DEC does for
>their Vaxstations?
Sun has a RIGID 90 day warranty period on all of their equipment. After that,
unless you purchase a maintenance contract (about $150-200 a month for a minimal
setup), it gets VERY expensive. About 40% of retail for 30 day turnaround
on a board swap, about 105% of retail for overnight. Same kind of problem
with software upgrades. Unless you have software maintenance, your basically
out of luck. That's my only real objection to the Suns. Other than that, I'm
extremely pleased with the ones here. They ARE very nice machines to use.
-- 
Robert K. Shull
University of Oklahoma, Engineering Computer Network
ihnp4!occrsh!uokmax!rob		CIS 73765,1254		Delphi	RKSHULL
Opinions contained herein in no way reflect those of the University of Oklahoma.