[20] in winnt
Re: winnt project:default OS on Dells ? $ for NT add-on?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Smyser)
Sun Jun 15 13:06:29 1997
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 18:17:06 -0400
To: winnt-mtg@menelaus.local
From: Rob Smyser <smyser@MIT.EDU>
Hi Rob,
To add Windows NT 4.0 to a bundle is an additional $ 85. We can list NT as
soon as it is official on all the bundles with the additional cost. As a
matter of fact, the Spring 1997 Recommended Bundles flyer we sent out had
4.0 bundled in. Guess we jumped the gun a little.
Good luck herding those kittens.
Joanne
>Joanne,
> Thanks for the quick reply. One of the intended outcomes of our NT
>project is indeed to be able to call NT officially supported. The rollout
>date for that is July 1. There seem to be a lot of kittens to herd in the
>right general direction to make that work. Our main deliverables are a set
>of web pages that back up our assertion of support, but other things like
>the MCC price lists go a long way to reinforce the message.
>
> The only holdup we seem to have on universal appoval of NT is SumMIT --
>CAO applications (the 16-bit DAL layer in particular) don't run well under
>NT; I guess they do run okay under 95. When that situation changes, then
>there will be nearly no reason to promote 95 on office desktops.
>
> Can you let me know what the upgrade price for NT on the non-Pro systems
>is? It would be good to mention that in the recommendations pages.
>
>Tx,
> Rob
>
>At 6:45 AM -0500 6/13/97, Joanne Hallisey wrote:
>>The customer can specify operating system for any Dell bundle. The default
>>is Win95 unless otherwise specified. Currently Win NT 4.0 comes with the
>>GX Pro model bundles. The GsMNs and GXiMTs come with Win95. Right now, the
>>customer can substitute Win 3.11 or DOS (*yikes!) at no extra cost on these
>>models. But that will go away soon, I believe.
>>
>>The Recommended bundles that come with Win95 as a default have to be custom
>>configured with NT 4.0 at an additional cost. We don't always know whether
>>to push NT or not....it is still not "officially" supported right?
>>
>>Did this answer your question?
>>
>>Joanne
>>
>>>Joanne,
>>> can you let me know what the default OS is on the Dells that don't
>>>specifically say what OS comes on them? I notice that the "best" Dell
>>>specifically mentions coming with NT Workstation. On the lesser models,
>>>does the customer have a choice at the time of purchase, or is it set to 95
>>>by default?
>>>Is there a price difference for upgrading to NT Workstation?
>>> As you can probably guess, I'm trying to crank out html to portray
>>>supportedness, due july 1, and this prompt some specific questions...
>>>
>>>Many thanks!
>>> Rob
>>>
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>>> Rob Smyser
>>> I/S Computing Help Desk, MIT, 11-226, 617.253.1358
>>> smyser@mit.edu
>
>
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> Rob Smyser
> I/S Computing Help Desk, MIT, 11-226, 617.253.1358
> smyser@mit.edu
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Rob Smyser
I/S Computing Help Desk, MIT, 11-226, 617.253.1358
smyser@mit.edu
