[nzlug] Idea...

[t94xr]

Hah! I left off MS-Office - $300 for office-pro isn't it? So my estimate
has hit $1100 ani iirc the guys business doesn't use av because the
salesman said it wasn't needed with vista.

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excuse me but what the hell is this guy smoking?
I work at an internet cafe, i have 2 computers currently in Vista Ultimate.

I can gurantee that you can get Vista infected with a virus.

Cameron W




Simon Bridge wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 18:13 +1300, SIMON WALKDEN wrote:
>   
>> Those costs are not exaggerated at all.
>>
>> for business users, you can expect to be hit up for:
>> 1. OS cost, be it XP/vista
>> 2. the CAL for server usage
>> 3. ms-office licensing
>>     
> Hah! I left off MS-Office - $300 for office-pro isn't it? So my estimate
> has hit $1100 ani iirc the guys business doesn't use av because the
> salesman said it wasn't needed with vista.
>
>   
>> 4. whichever antivirus solution they use, be it Avast, CA, etc
>>
>> all up, just for 1's and 0's, a business is looking at $1000+ before
>> even purchasing any hardware, per user.
>>     
>
> Yeah: "my boss provides it so it's free" is strikingly naive - but I
> suppose it is also naive to suggest that the money may otherwise have
> been spent productively (or, on employees).
>
> Still, I tell people: imagine, you could have a computer for $xy00
> less... or, a much better computer for the same price.
>
>
>
>
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