03-31-2007, 11:49 AM
Quote:In an attempt to get a hands-on read of the efficiency and credibility of comparison search engines, I embarked on a buying experiment for an HP Media Vault mv2020 server -- specifically a Windows-based PC tower with two 500 GB Internal Drives, three USB ports for expansion, room for an additional 3.5-inch internal drive, built-in Gigabit Ethernet and a dual processor configuration. For a simpler comparison check, I added a Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Router to my search...
None of the comparison sites I visited could come up with exactly the server I wanted. In the end, I called HP and asked for the price of the server customized to my specs and then compared its pricing against buying the parts to upgrade the basic unit on my own. Bottom line? I didn't find comparison shopping search engines to be much of an advantage...
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