Jeff said.... [snip other stuff[ > > It will be available to purchase for < $7000 or to lease for approx > $200/month > for 36 months. > > regards, > Jeff Vance, CSY > > -- This makes me think. In 1977, when I worked for my first employeer, they purchased an HP3000 Series II with $125,000 down and then paid $1500+ a month. I think that monthly cost went for both the box as well as hardware & software support. Oh yea, We started with only one disk drive, a 50mb HP7920. Things have changed just a bit......but I'm sure there is some binary code from those days that will still run on the current 3000's. Now that's longevity! /alan