"dell white box"?

[dpopiz]

apparently dell sells some of its comps w/slightly different chassis and packed in unmarked boxes at lower prices....or something....
anybody know the whole story?

 

[Kaervak]

Refurbs maybe? Could also be older models taking up space.

 

[Mani]

Basically they are unbadged versions of certain optiplex computers sold as "White Box" to companies who want to resell them.

Edit: they are not refurbs.

 

[TheToOTaLL]

Reseller thing.

Cheap and easy way to get into the biz; just throw your logo on it, and Dell provides the support.

 

[jmgonzalez]

I signed up as a reseller.

You have the option of selling the regular Dell stuff, or these white boxes. Support that you buy through Dell for these boxes is parts only - it's up to you as the reseller of them to provide support at the customer's location.

 

[Gunbuster]

w/slightly different chassis

When Dell first started the whitebox program last year they used battleship grey for the case plastic, it was fugly