I have ~80k client machines - replace 2.5k/month. We have a couple of the big vendors as suppliers. Obviously we're not going to a local business for our supply.
But even when I was in smaller places where people would buy machines from one of the local vendors - you couldn't get the same technology for more than 12 months (and often less). The motherboard, NIC, video card, sound card - something would change. Then new drivers would have to be put into the standard build, tested, distributed etc. And that all consumes valuable tech time that could be spent doing something else. Not worth it to save $50 on a PC Cheers Ken From: Cynicalgeek [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2012 3:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Favorite corporate PCs? I've been on both sides of this over the past 17 years and have heard all of the question answer sessions before. Go with a local business who has a good reputation and uses either true Intel boards or ASUS boards. Is Dell's tech support/replacement part solution that wonderful that justifies the overpriced computer? Have you *EVER* gotten a replacement part from Dell that wasn't s refurb? I had servers on Gold or Platinum support and when a RAID array drive is sent out for replacement it is a refurb. Does that seem fair to you? On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 1:59 PM, John Cook <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Local business go out of business at inopportune times and there is much more to the vendor relationship with Dell than just buying a box. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: Cynicalgeek [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 01:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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]<mailto:[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 ~ 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
