Does the CPU really matter? Are your users really CPU bound? Surely warranty support etc. are the determining factors? Over a 3 year lifecycle, if you have to wait a few hours extra for a fix per incident, then the loss of business revenue surely outweighs a few extra dollars upfront, or 1% CPU power. I would go Latitude across the fleet, so at least you have standardised peripheral, modular bay devices, docking stations etc. If you remote users come onsite, they can use the stuff you have in your offices. Plus Latitude has a longer projected lifecycle for peripheral, docking stations etc than Vostro. If you are really concerned about CAPEX, then go Vostro across the fleet and budget (worst case) to replace a year earlier.
From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Tuesday, 19 April 2011 11:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Laptop confusion Hi Folks, We are purchasing a number of laptops are part of a project here. Most of these laptops will be replacing current desktops. Some will be for our "nomadic" users who work in schools, hospitals, and so on. Up to now we've purchased ThinkPad laptops, but I'm looking around. We've been satisfied with our Dell desktops, so I'm looking at Dell laptops. My Dell rep suggested a Latitude with docking station for my staff with desks, and a Vostro for the remote users. Remote users access our systems via XenApp, so I don't need anything powerful on their end. I'm having a bit of trouble comparing these to the Lenovo units, though. I think the Vostro would be about the same as a SL510 series or around that. The Latitude would be like a T series Lenovo. I can match memory and screen size and most features, but processor core isn't always a direct match. Suggestions? Really for us, best price wins, but I want to compare apples to apples, as it were. Anyone compare these two brands? Am I off on the models here? 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
