+1 in the support contracts. I've had Dell send a tech to my user that was in South Africa to replace a failed laptop MB.
Wasn't any special treatment either. All covered under our support contract. That's a must have for me. Sam Painstaking typed on my mobile phone. Please excuse any misspellings and brevity. On Feb 29, 2012 3:15 PM, "Guyer, Donald" <[email protected]> wrote: > The only time I worked at a place that used a local company (white boxes) > was one of the most frustrating times I had supporting hardware, due to the > fact that you hardly ever got the same thing 2 orders in a row.**** > > ** ** > > No standardization. Even if you got one with the same specs, it ultimately > did not have the same components inside.**** > > ** ** > > For small shops, this may not be a big enough issue to overrule the cost > savings.**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > ** ** > > Don Guyer**** > > Directory and Messaging Services > Catholic Health East, ITSS**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Ray [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:33 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Favorite corporate PCs?**** > > ** ** > > I’ve done the white box thing at least twice. The good news they saved me > money. The bad news they went out of business. **** > > ** ** > > *From:* Cynicalgeek [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:27 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Favorite corporate PCs?**** > > ** ** > > Why not support a local business instead of buying overpriced Dell > computers?**** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Tom Miller <[email protected]> wrote:** > ** > > We purchase a number of PCs each month as part of a rotation cycle. I've > been a Dell customer for years, but lately don't think Dell has been > offering the best price we can get (we are non-profit and state/GSA, > although non-profit pricing is usually better). So I'm looking around. > For desktops I'm not too picky as long as specs are similar. **** > > **** > > HP? Lenovo? Big Lots?**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > Tom**** > > ** ** > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > -cynicalgeek- > cynicalgeek<at>gmail.com > --**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > Confidentiality Notice: > This e-mail, including any attachments is the > property of Catholic Health East and is intended > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). > It may contain information that is privileged and > confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are > not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and > reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
