[K12OSN] So close....

[Accessys@smart.net]

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Doug Simpson wrote:

> We always buy Dell servers and never have OS installed.

almost all servers are avaliable without OS,  but try getting a laptop

Bob

>
> I do all my own installs of the OS. . .
>
> Doug Simpson
> Technology Specialist
> Classified Know-Nothing
> DeQueen Public Schools
> DeQueen, AR 71832
> simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
> Tux for President!
>
> On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Nick Hadgis wrote:
>
> > Accessys at smart.net wrote:
> >> biggest problem I have with Dell is they will not sell me a machine
> >> without software installed, this is especially a problem with laptops
> >>
> >> I am 100% windoze free  and just don't want to be bothered with licenses
> >> etc etc etc.  M$ sees the sale and assumes you have bought a license.
> >> might be part of the problem with pricing, schools charged more for the
> >> software license by M$
> >>
> >>  Bob
> >>
> >
> > Check out this article:
> > Dell customer gets Windows refund
> >
> > http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/110706-dell-windows.html
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, David H. Barr wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 11/8/06, marrandy <marrandy at chaossolutions.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Wednesday 08 November 2006 10:41, Eric Brown wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Our problem with dealing with Dell directly is that they will often
> >>>>> quote us higher prices than if we were Joe Public walking in off the
> >>>>> street.  Our principal has even resorted to using his personal credit
> >>>>> card and purchasing computers to save several hundreds of dollars per
> >>>>> machine.
> >>>>>
> >>>> How do you save several hundreds ($600/$700/$800) of dollars per machine
> >>>> ?
> >>>>
> >>>> What   'machine'  are you talking about ?
> >>>>
> >>> Typically it's not so much (in my experience) that Dell explicitly
> >>> charges edu/npo -more-, per se.  It's just that their pricing
> >>> structure is heavily dependent on deep discounts, not all of which
> >>> apply for a particular config in the home/smb/premiere sites.
> >>>
> >>> When I was in the nonprofit sector, I would typically end up a)
> >>> determining what spec machine I wanted, b) carting it up in home and
> >>> small business desktop and workstation lines, and c) sending the
> >>> lowest of those four quotes to my representative who would typically
> >>> match or beat it.
> >>>
> >>> It was a tedious process, but could frequently get my desktop orders
> >>> down several hundred.  When you're buying $300 desktops and slapping
> >>> charity licensing on them though, the wiggle room is fairly small.
> >>>
> >>> -dhbarr.
> >>>
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