There's a number of reasons why companies go to places like Dell, rather than self build:
- When you have a large number of PCs, eg 1000's of them, the chance that some will fail over time get rather high - with Dell/HP etc, it makes things easier to get replacements, rather than hunting down what part of the PC is problematic, then chasing up with warranty on the individual failed components
- These companies most likely perform some stress tests on the machine before giving it to you, so the chance of failure in the first place is probably lower
- Saves you doing a whole load of this sort of tedious work, especially since you're not exactly the one paying anyway
- It actually might be cheaper if you think about it.  Companies need to pay staff for maintenance, including building the system etc.  The premium you pay for these systems already include some of this.  If you're not constantly deploying new machines, it doesn't necessarily make sense to put a lot of money into HR for finding short term contractors to do this for you.


$125/hr - that's damn nice!

(This post was last modified: 17/01/2010 07:18 PM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)