Why do business computers cost more than home un its?

When I compare prices and specs between home computers
and business computers it seems like home computers are
BETTER speced (much better) and also lower in cost than
business class!

Why is this?

On 10 Oct, 17:59, wrote:
When I compare prices and specs between home computers
and business computers it seems like home computers are
BETTER speced (much better) and also lower in cost than
business class!

Why is this?

Why do you think?

Most bods charged with the business of buying pcs for their company
wouldnt know a Celeron from a stick of celery.

On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:59:58 -0500, wrote:

When I compare prices and specs between home computers
and business computers it seems like home computers are
BETTER speced (much better) and also lower in cost than
business class!

Why is this?


I think I read from others here that the warrantee is better on the
business side but I can't swear to it. That might explain this.
Maybe someone else can verify what I said or correct me.

RnR wrote:

I think I read from others here that the warrantee is better on the
business side but I can't swear to it. That might explain this.
Maybe someone else can verify what I said or correct me.

Yep... I guess you are paying for three year warranty

But look at the specs on this machine for the price!

http://www.jr.com/gateway/pe/GTW_DX4.../D21EUVwstEV8A

I know this isn't a Gateway group but I cant get these
kind of specs on a Dell Precision without spending
almost $1k

RnR wrote:
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:59:58 -0500, wrote:

When I compare prices and specs between home computers
and business computers it seems like home computers are
BETTER speced (much better) and also lower in cost than
business class!

Why is this?


I think I read from others here that the warrantee is better on the
business side but I can't swear to it. That might explain this.
Maybe someone else can verify what I said or correct me.
plus the ones who use the business side more often are businesses and
they just write it off.

Cosmo Kramer: It's a write-off for them.
Jerry: How is it a write-off?
Cosmo Kramer: They just write it off.
Jerry: You don't even know what a write-off is.
Cosmo Kramer: Do you?
Jerry: No, I don't.
Cosmo Kramer: But they do, and they're the ones writing it off.

wrote:
When I compare prices and specs between home computers
and business computers it seems like home computers are
BETTER speced (much better) and also lower in cost than
business class!

Why is this?

In some cases, the workmanship and quality of parts in the business
computers is better. In some cases, not. But there is the power of
advertising to lead businesses to believe that the business computers
are better. Typically the warranties and post-sales support are better,
too.

Having become somewhat expert in the various Dell black chassis Pentium
4 products, I can tell you that there is zero difference in product
quality among Dimension 8300/8400, Optiplex 270/280 and Precision
360/370. ZERO DIFFERENCE! But the Precisions carried premium price
tags for a slightly nicer looking chassis.

The same holds for Latitude 100L vs Inspiron 1150 notebooks.

But the Dimension 2350/2400/3000 were somewhat inferior to the Dimension
4400/4500/4550 and Optiplex GX260 in the quality of the case. These had
the small not-too-badly-built Mitac cases vs the
plastic-like-alligator-skin covered clamshell cases.

Unfortunately, nobody seems willing to pay for a full teardown and
analysis of new computer products to determine product quality and
maintainability, so we all suffer from lack of knwoledge until the
computers have some sort of track record. Sorry, but Consumer Reports
analyses, tho unbiased, are too superficial. And neither the computer
trade rags nor the mainstream press are staffed and funded to do this.

If you know anybody who wants to provide funding for a lab to do this
sort of work, I can set up a lab, staff it, develop product criteria and
provide quality written evaluations. But, oh, I keep forgetting. We
have become the throwaway society. If it breaks, buy a new one.

.... Ben Myers

Hi!

Why is this?

Couple of reasons that I can think of:

1. It's better made. What the business line systems lack in "golly gee whiz"
features they make up for in build quality. Dell's home PCs (as an example)
are very generic designs built down to a price. The OptiPlex business line
are not (yet).

2. Longer warranties are usually provided on business grade systems, and
they get better support as well. If your company is big enough, it's very
likely that you'll have a dedicated representative and maybe even a support
team. Dell *does* provide better support to even the small business
customers.

3. Businesses have a higher expectancy of system lifetime in many cases. Of
course, there are variations, but many businesses expect to run equipment
until it doesn't run any more. Those that need this "feature" are willing to
pay more for it.

William

if you are comparing the price of the same model with same configuration as
sold by home/homeoffice vs that sold by smallbusiness then i find that the
prices seasaw... sometimes home/homeoffie is cheaper and other times
smallbusiness is cheaper. it probably has to do with discounts and
promotions that are sent out directly to customers (a $200 off small
business coupon for instance can equalize the playing field). but if you
are talking about the optiplex and latitude models they command a higher
price because they are better built, more rigorously tested to ensure
compatibility in a managed environment and come with a standard three year
warranty... then again they have longer product life cycles so are often
not the latest and greatest things on the market.

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When I compare prices and specs between home computers
and business computers it seems like home computers are
BETTER speced (much better) and also lower in cost than
business class!

Why is this?

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From: Gary Baldi ]
Posted At: Saturday, October 10, 2009 12:52 PM
Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Conversation: Why do business computers cost more than home un its?
Subject: Why do business computers cost more than home un its?

On 10 Oct, 17:59, wrote:
When I compare prices and specs between home computers
and business computers it seems like home computers are
BETTER speced (much better) and also lower in cost than
business class!

Why is this?

Why do you think?

Most bods charged with the business of buying pcs for their company
wouldnt know a Celeron from a stick of celery.


I suspect the answer is warranty. As I recall, the std home warranty is
1 year (90 days on some extra cheap machines). The standard on the
business machines is usually 3 years.

Hi!

But the Dimension 2350/2400/3000 were somewhat inferior to the Dimension
4400/4500/4550 and Optiplex GX260 in the quality of the case.

I'm not sure why you say that. A Dim2400, so long as you're aware of its
limits, is actually a very good system. I don't know of any other $299
system that isn't a complete piece of junk*. The only real problem they had
was not enough installed RAM. If you don't care about SATA and AGP, you can
still get along nicely with a Dim2400. It's a simple, well built computer
that can do a lot for the money you pay.

I've seen a lot of those Dim2400 systems in home and business applications..
The Dim3000 doesn't appear to be as common. (I've seen two, and one of them
belongs to me.)

The MiTAC case holds up a lot better than the plastic clamshell in the face
of abuse. It's also possible to repaint it easily if you have to.

Unfortunately, nobody seems willing to pay for a full teardown and
analysis of new computer products to determine product quality and
maintainability, so we all suffer from lack of knwoledge until the
computers have some sort of track record. Sorry, but Consumer Reports
analyses, tho unbiased, are too superficial. And neither the computer
trade rags nor the mainstream press are staffed and funded to do this.

I'm not sure how you'd do that. The technology moves fast enough that doing
this for most systems wouldn't be sensible. However, word does get around if
a certain system isn't very good. Unfortunately, that means someone bought
them and paid real money for a poor quality system.

William

* Not entirely true - there is this:
http://greyghost.mooo.com/gc3500review/. It doesn't offer high performance,
but the system itself is astoundingly well made.