find out what ASU does with their old hardware.... buy some and spruce it up
On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 6:29 AM, trent shipley <
trent.shipley@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 1. It's a business computer. Most businesses think of IT as a cost, not a
> strategic advantage. Most business that treat IT as a cost center.
>
> 2. Presumably, in budgeting $400 for a machine, and wanting to spend $200
> on a machine, the customer is severely constrained in initial cost of
> ownership.
>
> 3. There's no point to worrying about total cost of ownership or longevity
> if you can't meet the initial cost of ownership hurdle.
>
> 4. Sometimes it can be reasonable, and even cost effective, to buy cheap
> hardware and treat it as disposable.
>
> Trent.
>
> On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 1:39 AM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen@icloud.com> wrote:
>
>> I wouldn’t stop there. Some machines can now support up to 32 GB of ram.
>> Sure, that may seem insanely expensive now, but as time goes on, you will
>> still have more than enough machine to handle whatever the world throws at
>> it. It’s like the 2 10 year old desktop machines I have here. They were top
>> end gaming machines in 2008 with 32 GB of ram, 500 GB storage and Nvidia
>> cards in the GT 9xxx series. Even today with only 2 cpu cores running at
>> 3.02 Ghz each, those machines are still beastly. In fact, I did a game test
>> with one of the room mates machines (he likes world of tanks but can’t get
>> his newer machines to perform all that well) and pitted it against both of
>> mine. Frankly, he want s mine (but doesn’t have the funds).
>>
>> Btw, the motherboards on these machines are as follows:
>> 1. Intel core2 duo cpu on an ASUS IL0-9 pro with 32 GB ram (DDR3 800 Mhz
>> FSB) and 500 GB HDD with a 32 GB Nvidia GT-9600 video card.
>>
>> 2. AMD X2 CPU running at 3 Ghz with 32 GB ram (same as above) on a Tyan
>> Motherboard using a Nvidia 9800-GTX 32 GB card. Also has 500 GB storage.
>>
>> His machine?
>> An intel i5 4 core CPU (2.66 Ghz), 4 GB ram, 256 GB HDD and the built in
>> intel graphics using shared ram. It’s your basic E-machine brand.
>>
>> So, older isn’t necessarily a bad thing if it is built up right.
>>
>> So, if you are going to acquire a laptop, make it as future proof as you
>> can. Sure, you will pay through the nose now, but will still have a beast
>> later. :)
>>
>> -Eric
>>
>>
>> > On Jun 15, 2018, at 10:31 PM, Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:15:12 +0000
>> > "Carruth, Rusty" <Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Personally, 4G is not QUITE enough RAM.
>> >
>> > I can get 4GB RAM to walk and talk if I use Openbox and equivalently
>> > svelt software. Firefox and Nautilus need not apply.
>> >
>> > But the OP is asking about a business computer, and in my opinion he
>> > should buy an amount of RAM that will be useful 3 years from now. I'd
>> > call that 16GB.
>> >
>> > SteveT
>> >
>> > Steve Litt
>> > June 2018 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
>> > http://www.troubleshooters.com/28
>> >
>> >
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