<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:19 AM, James Bromberger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@rcpt.to">james@rcpt.to</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Thats a strong contender and a good price: $2376.00 inc GST one year
warranty, <b>$2854.50 inc GST</b> three year warranty.<br>
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Dell came back with a 3 year warranty all up price of <b>$2,640.00</b>
<b>inc GST</b> (an uplift of $363 inc GST compared to 1 year Dell
warranty, or $121 inc GST each = $110 ex GST each). Thats $880 inc
GST each, which is on our budget!<br>
<br>
Thus the HP Probook is $214.50 inc GST more ($71.50 inc GST each, or
$65 ex GST each) - with an extra GB of RAM in each. As these are
mainly just running ingest, that memory may not get used much (2 GB
may be sufficient).<br>
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Here's some questions: which is more durable? Which is better? Is
the HP worth an extra $214?<div class="im"><br>
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James<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><div>Probably much of a muchness durability wise. Won't be as tough as a Thinkpad, but price is important. Stott and Hoare provide local service, any issues we can take them back and they'll deal with sorting warranty. I personally find anything in the sub $1000 range very flimsy. HP also have an "Accidental Damage" option as part of their warranty, I wonder if that's worthwhile looking into?</div>
<div><br></div><div>I've asked our account manager for an official quote and if he can do any better price wise. I sent through a bit of information about PLUG and the project as well. Do we have some official membership numbers I can point to?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Leon</div>