Not the best deal around, but, they have been out of stock for a couple of weeks and now they are back. $579 with free shipping.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/store/produc ... AA%2523ABA

Maybe not the best price but possibly they still had units being manufactured. Also the price is an indication they still believe there is demand for the units themself.

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Migrated from WHS2011 to WS2012E: HIGHLANDER

~ Norco 4220 Enclosure
~ Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
~ AMD Phenom II X4 995 3.2 GHz
~ 8 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
~ 3 Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8

does this mean if we keep them in a year or 2 they will be collectors items and will can sell them for 10X the price. whahoo.

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DIY build HAF 912 case Asus M4A88-TD EVO MB 4 gig Ram Phenom II X4 3.2Ghz B55 VelociRaptor 600 3X WD20EARS

This is somewhat funny. The EX495 is out of stock again at HP Shopping and the price is now up to $599.99. The 490 is nowhere to be found.

This is the best run on a product that HP could have hoped for. We are driving the price up rather then down. seems since the big announcement MSS has steadily been going back up to none sales price and still selling out.