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Hi all ; ("Comment of the century") "this is to show the cost of ownership Points,,
After one of our SCADA Machines had went down Due to a HD Fail,and i had given him the news or Owner/CEO had Burst out "(I HATE #%#%^$ Computer's I dont want anything to do with them") well i Commented, (" your an Proclaimed automation Company i think u have no choice"), my hand are tied it a propritary Machine non standard, YOU Spec'd the machine, at any rate, the HD ended up costing $376.00 after waiting two weeks for the HD to be shipped customers Final Cost, $745.00 after labor and reinstallation, now if this had been a standard PC (aka, not starting with the First etters of I or C or G and D ") the HD would have cost $89.00 for the EXACT SAME Manufactured HD "Seagate" and size constriants and Purchased for any 1 million Distributor/Vendors, the Final bill would have been $89.00 X $65.00Hr reinstallation Time it took me 3 hours to reinstall the HD and reinstall software and update OS final Customer cost $284.00,, on another Point ive seen RAM prices for this exact machine "$546.00 for 1-gig SDRAM",,
Someone getting screwed,,, huh
After one of our SCADA Machines had went down Due to a HD Fail,and i had given him the news or Owner/CEO had Burst out "(I HATE #%#%^$ Computer's I dont want anything to do with them") well i Commented, (" your an Proclaimed automation Company i think u have no choice"), my hand are tied it a propritary Machine non standard, YOU Spec'd the machine, at any rate, the HD ended up costing $376.00 after waiting two weeks for the HD to be shipped customers Final Cost, $745.00 after labor and reinstallation, now if this had been a standard PC (aka, not starting with the First etters of I or C or G and D ") the HD would have cost $89.00 for the EXACT SAME Manufactured HD "Seagate" and size constriants and Purchased for any 1 million Distributor/Vendors, the Final bill would have been $89.00 X $65.00Hr reinstallation Time it took me 3 hours to reinstall the HD and reinstall software and update OS final Customer cost $284.00,, on another Point ive seen RAM prices for this exact machine "$546.00 for 1-gig SDRAM",,
Someone getting screwed,,, huh