On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Cynicalgeek <cynicalg...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.)
Dell has more leverage than the local vendor, so they can get Intel and Asus to make them the same motherboards for years. > 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. So what? Most of our users do basic email, word processing, etc. They could use a computer from ten years ago without trouble. -- Ben ~ 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