I generally concur, with one exception. I would recommend staying away from Vostro's entirely. My experience with them is that they do not hold up over a three year lifespan to the same degree Latitudes do. If you do decide to mix Vostros in, I would definitely take Ken's advice and budget for early replacement.
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: > 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 > > ~ 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
