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Technology Stocks : Dell Technologies Inc.
DELL 137.59+3.0%2:14 PM EST
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To: Perry Ganz who wrote (96630)2/10/1999 8:24:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette  Read Replies (2) of 176387
 
Earnets & Young buys Dell & The price people pay for being 'cheap'.

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Dirt-cheap consumer PCs are luring IT shops — but they might cost you more in the long run..


Perry:
Interesting story on what happens when businesses buy cheap consumer PCs to save a few bucks.
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.....I want consistency over time -- the same processor, disk drive assemblies, BIOS, memory modules, graphics cards," says Al Hershey, a partner and buyer for the Office of Architecture and Standards at Ernst & Young LLP in New York.

Hershey oversees the purchase each month of about 2,000 IBM and Dell Computer Corp. desktops and notebooks as part of an ongoing replenishment of the organization's 65,000 computers. He says that four years ago, he haggled with Dell until it agreed to build its business line with standardized components and with Ernst & Young's custom software installed.....
computerworld.com
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