Dell Laptop Battery Recalls

[Evan]

As a data point, Booz Allen buys IBM laptops for all of its 16,000 employees, and since they are the most expensive laptops, there has got to be a reason.

a reason? somebody at the top likes them or they get a great corporate deal. doesn't have to be any more reason than that.

you must be naive, any coroporate discount would also apply to any other manufacturer who would love to get an order for 16,000 laptops and a huge support deal, so IBMs would still be the most initially expensive to buy. These decisions are all made about the numbers, and apparently the long term cost savings on a IBM machine is worth the initial cost.

We recently switched from all IBM to all Dell laptops/desktops, it's all about the sales job the provider does, and how much they undercut the competition.

Initial cost is only part of the equation. Since IBMs are the most expensive brand in initial cost by a good margin, there is reason to believe that in long term cost and maintenence that initial cost is recouped. What do I know though, I guess one of the VPs is just fucking an IBM sales slut. :roll:

Dell is almost always the cheapest, which Im sure has something to do with their popularity as well.