I’m currently looking at various options for a new PC in the near future. As well as the usual internet companies (Dell, Evesham, Mesh etc) I have seen adverts by more specialist suppliers specifically directed towards trading. For example:
http://www.tradersworld.com/computers/index.htm
http://www.digitaltigers.com/stratosphere.shtml
All very nice, but these machines do appear to come at a premium – the reason given by the sellers being that their higher quality and compatibility of components and the overall set up gives better performance and longer lifespan, and that discount companies such as those above use poor quality components and set up.
I find it very difficult to substantiate these claims or otherwise. Many large companies such as mine use Dell, for example, often left on 24hrs – and they’re not constantly failing, and neither have my home PC’s. A machine similar to the following with an upgrade to support multiple monitors would appear to come in considerably cheaper than the specialists:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/dimen_9150?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
Are the specialist’s claims justified or not? And if so, are they relative value for money? I would be very interested to hear the opinion of anyone who is technically informed on such matters.
D
http://www.tradersworld.com/computers/index.htm
http://www.digitaltigers.com/stratosphere.shtml
All very nice, but these machines do appear to come at a premium – the reason given by the sellers being that their higher quality and compatibility of components and the overall set up gives better performance and longer lifespan, and that discount companies such as those above use poor quality components and set up.
I find it very difficult to substantiate these claims or otherwise. Many large companies such as mine use Dell, for example, often left on 24hrs – and they’re not constantly failing, and neither have my home PC’s. A machine similar to the following with an upgrade to support multiple monitors would appear to come in considerably cheaper than the specialists:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/dimen_9150?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
Are the specialist’s claims justified or not? And if so, are they relative value for money? I would be very interested to hear the opinion of anyone who is technically informed on such matters.
D