[rescue] Difference between OEM and Retail

[vraptor at employees.org]

On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Brian Dunbar wrote:

>I'm in the market for an Adaptec 29610.  Did some digging, found a good
>price and called the company.*
>
>An Adaptec SCSI Controller 29160 is
>
>$178 OEM w/out cables
>$215 OEM with cables
>$265 for Retail
>
>Questioned the guy about the diff between OEM and retail.  Warranty, support
>are the same.  Are they really charging $50 for packaging?  What is he
>leaving out?

OEM often does not include the drivers on CD or anything but
most basic documentation.  The assumption is you already have
the drivers (since you are building and reselling PCs).  Of
course, that benefits those of us smart enough to find drivers
ourselves.

You find a lot of that stuff around here in Silicon Valley.
Disks sold in static bags, "white-box" video, I/O, etc. cards.

=Nadine=