[rescue] Re: Re: seen on ebay (retry)

[Dave McGuire]

On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 02:21 PM, Robert Novak wrote:
>>>   I'm a pretty strong guy, and I can't lift an E450.  It was all I
>>> could do to get it into the bottom of a rack about 4" off the floor.
>>
>> Is it heavier than a SS670? If so, you might be overloading your floor
>> in your computer room, and I'll have to bring you down my SS670 to
>> replace the E450 (which I'll HAVE to cart off with me when I leave) :)
>>
>> But my original question IS serious, is it heavier?
>
> I think it might be lighter, depending on how many power supplies you 
> have
> in the E450. An E250 fully loaded is about 110-120 pounds, and an E450
> should be about twice that fully loaded, rough back-twinge-based guess.
> There's a reason the E450 ships (shipped) from Sun with velcro-tagged
> unloading ramps. :)

   No way.  I can lift a '70 chassis...an I can *not* lift an E450.

       -Dave

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