Comment Re:Call the Manufacturer (Score 2, Insightful) 379
We're talking about an office environment here, not a home.
Office:
From Jan. 2002 - Jan 2005 we had OptiPlex GX110 desktops. 733mhz, 512mb and 40gb hdd's. Nice little PC's, and they served us well. In Jan 2005, out rolled the OptiPlex GX270's - 2.8ghz, 1gb and 80gb hdd's.
Initially, i thought 'whoah, this is a lot of PC'. Three months later, a new version of an application that runs on 85% of the desktops was released. Minimum specs: 2.0ghz and 1gb.
Home:
My desktop rig is a 1800+ w/ 1gb that i've had for almost 5 years. Still got the p3/500 w/ 512 that it replaced. That served as a replacement for the p120 w/ 256 that I was running debian on.
As for my car it's hardly under warranty - 142,000mi and still runs like new. You might get a kick out of the fact that I just put new brakepads on it in my garage last month!
If a power supply croaks or a processor fries at home, there is minimal cost associated with it. You buy a new part, and replace it. No rush other than our geeky sense of pride.
When something dies in a business, it costs money. Not only does the problem need to be fixed, but the employee who's machine went down can not do their job - thats where the real cost is.
Office:
From Jan. 2002 - Jan 2005 we had OptiPlex GX110 desktops. 733mhz, 512mb and 40gb hdd's. Nice little PC's, and they served us well. In Jan 2005, out rolled the OptiPlex GX270's - 2.8ghz, 1gb and 80gb hdd's.
Initially, i thought 'whoah, this is a lot of PC'. Three months later, a new version of an application that runs on 85% of the desktops was released. Minimum specs: 2.0ghz and 1gb.
Home:
My desktop rig is a 1800+ w/ 1gb that i've had for almost 5 years. Still got the p3/500 w/ 512 that it replaced. That served as a replacement for the p120 w/ 256 that I was running debian on.
As for my car it's hardly under warranty - 142,000mi and still runs like new. You might get a kick out of the fact that I just put new brakepads on it in my garage last month!
If a power supply croaks or a processor fries at home, there is minimal cost associated with it. You buy a new part, and replace it. No rush other than our geeky sense of pride.
When something dies in a business, it costs money. Not only does the problem need to be fixed, but the employee who's machine went down can not do their job - thats where the real cost is.
