Comment Watch Dell Deals (Score 1) 606
I used to work for a small college, and we would buy ~100 each desktop and laptops direct from dell per fiscal year (barring special CS etc projects). My manager was quoted around $1000 for a decent machine (core2duo when it was the high end 2 gigs of ram 19" square monitor) and I thought we were being gouged.
I literally did no more than go to dell.com and look at the deals, they had an optiplex with the same processor, 4gb of ram and a 22" widescreen for $539. When we called our dell rep and pitched a fit, they gave us a further discount, and we wound up saving tens of thousands of dollars.
Why shouldnt education and government be able to take advantage of "jope sixpack" deals?