On 25/03/2009 10:24, Jamie Bennett wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >>> I'm looking to offer a base unit, 2GHz dual core Celeron (E1400) with >>> 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM, and a 150GB SATA hdd. Graphics, sound and >>> ethernet are onboard. Like I said, I would install Ubuntu 8.10 (and, >>> of course, ubuntu 9.04 when it's released!) and run through the >>> update utility. I understand there are issues regarding selling a >>> Ubuntu PC with non-free applications pre-installed (e.g. medibuntu) >>> so I assume I will have to leave them off, but perhaps give advice >>> to those who need it. >>> >>> I have a price in mind for this machine (including UK mainland >>> delivery) - but I'm curious to hear what other people think might be >>> a fair price for it. >>> >>> If you can help me I'd really appreciate it. If not, I apologise for >>> transgressing! >>> >>> Thank you for your time >>> >>> Eddie >>> >>> >>> >> Um... as far as I know there aren't any restrictions on shipping >> Non-Free codecs in this country (I believe there are some issues in >> the states). >> >> Going on that spec I'd say maybe £250 to £300 would be fairly >> reasonable (considering you'd need to make a bit of money on it). >> > > Let be honest though. A slightly higher spec model (250gb disk) with Vista > will > set you back £228.34 delivered (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159369) so > without > the licence of Vista one would expect a slightly lower price. Also the Dell > offers that pop up now and again blow this price out of the water. > > I would like to see this kind of spec at the £200 mark, anything much above > and > I think you could be struggling. > > But eBuyer have some amazing buying power (their trade prices what they pay are even cheaper than their online prices - I sure do miss that when I worked at eBuyer a couple of years back) and again Dell have serious buying power too. I doubt they'd be shelling out £60 for a copy of Windows.
To give a comparison, I built a Phenom X4 system with 2GB Ram, 250GB hard drive (onboard video and sound) for about £200 all in buying bits from Aria. I made about £15 on the system when I sold it on which really didn't cover the build and testing time I spent on it. There doesn't seem to be any margins on PCs these days unless you can either offer some added value (such as on-site support if you're selling PCs locally) or have the buying power to buy multiple components at cheap prices. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
