Desktops & Servers > IBM Desktops & Servers > Less than 100 GB > From 512 MB to 1.0 GB

Advantages: Very low cost
Disadvantages: No potential

...none by default and whilst IBM products are generally built to a high specification I have never been a big fan of using SATA drives where constant disk access is required. Likewise the celeron processor does not easily lend itself to blistering performance but, on the other side of the coin, if you are just starting up a new business, need somewhere to store your newly created spreadsheets and powerpoint documents and cost is an issue, where better ...
...just before tomorrows big meeting. IBM on the other hand won't be. Sorry if your new business is building super clone servers for new businesses but that's just how I see it. Oh and for an extra £150 take a look at the HP ML150G2 as it has a Xeon processor or if you can stretch to an extra £1000 buy a mirrored IBM X226 (See my X226 review) ... Read review

Advantages: Slimline, Well Featured, Looks Good
Disadvantages: No Firewire, Not thought out properly

...the PC after all! IBM’s ThinkCentre range represents IBM’s mid-range business workstations, enough power and multimedia capabilities to run the top end office and productivity, whilst keeping costs down to make the systems as affordable as possible. A hidden but equally important part of the ThinkCentres resides inside the computer and installed on the hard drives, these discrete design decisions and software packages that are shipped with the machines. ...
...the contents of the IBM ThinkCentre are nothing short of an engineers dream. WHATS ON THE BOX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The system itself comes pre-loaded with Windows XP Professional, along with a raft of other interesting bits of software. However the real hidden power of the machine is on the CD’s that came with the system. You will find the latest versions of IBM Rescue and Restore and IBM Director, these two pieces of software will save hours of ... Read review

Advantages: reliable, customer service,expandable
Disadvantages: price,accessory

...we have as accessories are: IBM ServeRAID-6M Ultra320 SCSI Controller( around £500) 3x146.8 GB 10 000 rpm Ultra320 SCSI hard drives( around £300 each) and a Remote Supervisor Adapter II card ( around £300 ). Packaging and User manual: The server comes with a very good package.User manual ( CD)and IBM Director software included. keyboard and mouse included.The user manual is very good and include details about connections,set up and enviromental ...
...but i suggest to check IBM website for newer version .The Installation of the RSA card is a bit more tricky. You need to double chek if the BIOS of the card is compatible with the BIOS of the server, because the same card can be installed on several IBM server models, and the BIOS has to be adjusted consequently. Daily Usage: I am not usually a great supporter of mono-processor servers, but i have to say this machine made me change my mind.The hardware ... Read review

Advantages: small and less space consuming
Disadvantages: Does not look that good

...Specs Product Description IBM IntelliStation Z Pro 6866 - PIII Xeon 866 MHz Type Workstation Form Factor Micro tower Dimensions (WxDxH) 21.6 cm x 60.7 cm x 44 cm Weight 34 kg Localisation English / United Kingdom Processor 1 x Intel Pentium III Xeon 866 MHz Cache Memory 256 KB (installed) / 256 KB (max) - L2 Cache - Advanced Transfer Cache RAM 512 MB (installed) / 2 GB (max) - RDRAM (RAMBUS) - ECC - 600 MHz Storage Controller SCSI ( Ultra2 Wide SCSI ...
...floppy Hard Drive 1 x 9.1 GB - standard - Ultra2 SCSI Optical Storage 1 x CD-ROM Monitor None Graphics Controller AGP 4x - nVidia Riva TNT2 - 64 MB Audio Output Sound card - Intel AC 97 - PCI - stereo - 16-bit Networking Network adapter - PCI - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet Power AC 110/220 V ± 10% ( 50/60 Hz ) OS Provided Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4 Manufacturer Warranty 3 years warranty ... Read review

Advantages: Robust, Reliable, Give out EXcellent Performance
Disadvantages: Could be a Little Cheape

I have brought load of these IBM PC's for my work, the specifcations of these are; * Intel Pentium 4 3 GHz Processor * 40 GB ATA-100 Hard Disk drive; DVD-ROM drive * 512 MB of DDR SDRAM Memory * Microsoft Windows XP Professional They pretty good and robust you cant fault them as they are really reliable and they never seem to stop work or brake down. What is really good with these pc thats its really easy to get inside the pc as you need no ...
...screw on this case. All you to do is push catch in and then slide of the side panel its that easy. The expansion slots that it has are, 4 x memory - DIMM 184-PIN which good loads of slot to keep ungrading your memory, 3 x PCI - three-quarter-length to add any extrax graphics card of usb ports or etc, 1 x AGP 8x - three-quarter-length to add in prowerfull graphics card, 1 x processor - Socket 478. The interfaces that the pc can support are, 8 x ... Read review