I need some help convincing people in HQ that it is more economically viable to spend $55,000AUD on 70 upgrade kits which comprise of:
ECS RC410L Motherboard
Intel Pentium D 820 2.8Ghz processor
512mb of memory
80gb SATA-2 HDD
16X DL DVD-RW
New Power supply 400Watt
New MS keyboard & mouse combo
new 17″ LCD screen
This would be then assembled into pre-existing out of specification machines to bring them up to government specifications.
The government want me to go through the Tender list (TWO vendors) who charge astronomical amounts, these are:
CDM Computers: cheapest price $1036.85 including tax: this comprises of:
2.8GHz Pentium 4 Celeron processor
800MHz FSB
Intel 945 chipset
17? LCD monitor
512MB DDR400 RAM
80GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
DVD combo drive
4 year warranty
(less specifications than what i have)
IBM Computers: cheapest price: $1,173.66 including tax: this comprises of the same specifications as the CDM model
now my parts upgrade costs a total of $784.00 including tax, saving a whopping: $252.85 each kit compared to buying a new pc and they are telling us to throw out the old ones. because allegedly it isn’t economically viable to upgrade out of date pc’s (since when???) if its cheaper it sounds economical to me! I have been advised that “Industry Research” shows and supports complete replacement of pc’s
your comments would be greatly appreciated,
