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Nov 26 3:59 PM EST

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To: rudedog who wrote (44576)	5/23/1998 1:47:00 PM
From: Mr. Aloha	Read Replies (1) of 176387

You obviously have a good understanding of the purchasing environment in today's large corps. Another important factor is.. If you pay top dollar to purchase a machine that will be norm in 6-8? months and then transfer that machine to replace a 233Mhz that will replace a 166Mhz that will replace a 66Mhz you have alot of transfer costs? Tech's would love to bill a company for all that. If the company buys a large quantity of 266Mhz right now and uses that to replace the 133Mhz machines of the past with the same monitor they could significantly reduce transition costs and use the donation of the 133Mhz as a tax write-off etc.. (school etc, if possible based on depreciation etc..) This is how Schwab just upgraded machines. They bought affordable and replaced them all. If you're on a network you don't want someone slowing you down (a different topic). Regarding the comment someone made about retraining individuals based on the computer manufacturer and sticking to the company. I don't think this is the norm anymore. Companies are smarter and quicker now than ever. They will call around to Dell, Compaq, Micron, Gateway, HP, IBM etc.. and ask them, "I want a 266Mhz with.... and I need 200.. how much to deliver at my door...bottom line"? They will look at the figures and decided what's best. An IBM compatible is an IBM compatible and anyone that needs retraining to upgrade different brands should find another occupation. That's pretty simple isn't it? Aloha

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