I joined Sam's Club 18 months ago when I opened my own solo practice and got a decent server (DELL) for about $1600 (no RAID however), which was about $500 less than Costco and the Dell site itself.
J, it sounds like you are very knowledgible about computers. I am wondering if the choice to go w/ out RAID was a choice, or a function of cost?
Bert and I have debated the benefits of RAID many times. He is RAID 5, and I am RAID 10. We agree to disagree on this matter of which type RAID is best for our given situations.
