question on newegg selling OEM windows 2003 server....

[gordita]

I'm supposed to submit a quote for setting up a small Network for a small Company and i'm giving them two options
1) dell server with windows 2000 server or windows server 2003 .
2) home built server with windows 2000 server/2003 server.

Newegg is selling an OEM windows 2003 server for $683 (with 5 CAL's).
is this legit?
I'm also buying a host of other h/w from newegg in the same order.

why does dell charge $799 for windows server 2003 with 5 CAL"s and newegg is charging only $683.
has anyone ordered a windows 2003 server from newegg before?

The company has a windows NT4.0 server running right now and wants to upgrade to a windows based solution only (no linux here....)

Also, any suggestions for the mboard.......I'm debating an ASUS or an intel.
mboard must have onboard audio,video and RAID, or onboard audio and video atleast.
Processor will be a P4 2.4/2.6Ghz 800FSB with Hyperthreading.

thanks guys

 

[Adul]

this post should be in general hardware

 

[prvteye2003]

seems things always cost more from the people who make them rather than people who sell them retail

 

[PlatinumGold]

they charge what they charge.

check the dell and see if it is Retail or OEM, i'm betting it is OEM.

OEM vs Retail however is a different argument.

the owner of a Retail copy gets so many free tech support calls to Microsoft that the owner of an OEM copy will not.

that is the ONLY difference.

btw, afaik, neweggs oem win 2k3 server is legit.

 

[EyeMWing]

Yes, Newegg's offer is legit. As for why Newegg charges so much less than Dell - Dell makes a helluva lot more per copy than Newegg. The mobo question belongs in GH (And I can't help you anyway - I'm an AMD man)

 

[Shawn]

For a business machine I'd probably go with an intel mobo.