We are not large by any means, but we do get replacement parts. I would call your rep and ask, it couldn't hurt. We dont have any Dell certified peeps here. I may want to be one when I grow up though. We run about 10-12 servers that are replaced every 5 years and about 60-80 workstations and laptops every 3 years. We get "large business" pricing and we try to get the best support contract on the servers (4 hour response, 24x7x365). Warranties on workstations - we usually get a 3 year at purchase time and let them expire. Our workstations needs are pretty high end (we run Revit, AutoCAD, etc) . We haved called in a number of hard drives and we just tell them we need a replacement and it shows up the next day, same with flat panel monitors. Oh yeah, we have moved our MS vol licensing to Dell. Dell has really been courting our firm in the last 12 mos. THey sent some big-whigs to our office and we asked specifially for this (no calling India for a bad mouse, etc). -Devin
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Oliver Marshall < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What size of Dell account do you have to have to be able to arrange your > own replacement parts? We've just spent the best part of a day dealing with > Dell 'reseller' tech support about a duff laptop that just won't power on. > Rather than just replacing it they've tried to get us to do everything, > including the usual "q: Can try you reinstall windows? A: Seriously? It > doesn't even power up, how are we going to reinstall the OS?" etc. > > > > Is there a certain size we have to become for Dell to treat us like grown > ups ? > > > > Olly > > > > > > -- Devin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
