I've made the case with the local vendor that we need to buy a motherboard that can be built across many machines, for many months. They've agreed to make it happen as best as they could (technology changes.) Plus, they gave us the hard drive image on DVD so we could image them ourselves if needed.
While I can understand the standardization issue, what doesn't make sense is to buy a hundred computers, then two years later, buy the exact same motherboard for sake of standardization. At that point you're buying old technology. Make the case with a local vendor and if they can't agree to give you the same motherboard for the next year or two then go to another local shop. Rinse, repeat. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Guyer, Donald <dgu...@che.org> 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:rz...@qwest.net] > *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:cynicalg...@gmail.com] > *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 <tmil...@hnncsb.org> 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
