Northgate quote for managed laptop

[bahhumbug]

For a managed laptop, Northgate quote me £989  !



Specs:



Dell Latitude120L Pentium M 740

•   15.0 TFT XGA

•   512 MB RAM

•   80GB – 5,400rpm

•   DVD/CD-RW-Fixed

•   8-cell 43WHr NI-MH Primary Battery

•   Intel PRO Wireless 2915 082.11 a/b/g mini-pci card

•   10/100MB KAN

•   56 Kbps Modem

•   Integrated Intel Extreme Graphics

•   Delux Nylon Carry Case

•   (Note – No internal floppy drive included, No serial port, No parallel port.)

Total Support Package including:

•   Operating systems updates

•   Application developments

•   RM Community Connect 3 Updates

•   Norton Anti-Virus Updates

•   Software support

•   Hardware Maintenance

•   Remote Management

•   Reconnection Service following hardware fault.





Is this a ripoff or is this a ripoff ?

[Gerard]

y not buy the laptop from somewhere else and just pay to get it converted over to c2k...its bound to work out cheaper

[Stephen]

Note the Operating system updates (only about 2 years after microsoft post them)

[bahhumbug]

Yeah, I thought it would just be handy to get it from Northgate.



Any suggestions as to good suppliers ?

[Gerard]

PC world business they have some cheap ones these days



also worth checking out misco

[casper]

But you may find that Northgate will say 'Oh sorry but that's not compatiable with the system' - does it not have to have a certain network card for them to build it properly?

[techie]

I wouldn't even have it converted over to C2k - just use EasyLink to access your work.  We will never go down the C2k route for laptops again.

[Gerard]

thats a question... i just thought that if they done it with the e500s etc there would be even less compatibility issues with new laptops

[Bill Bixby]

If you buy the laptop from elsewhere you'll need an extended warranty, office licence etc. - probably work out just as dear.

[Si]

Thats the same laptop I currently use.  



I can't complain, I had to work of a managed E500 before the Latitude, so as you can imagine its pure heaven in comparison.  



The price is at least double what you would pay normally, but if you were going to buy Office and the other software included with the managed side, plus the extended warranty, I guess its not so bad.  



Arrgh whats happening to me?  Im defending Northgates pricing!  I think I need to go and lie down somewhere cool......

[bahhumbug]

We still have problems with Easylink .. not everybody can access their files from home tho' most (well the few who try) can access their email.



Guess you're right about buying elsewhere & having Northgate install managed side.  They'd charge (large) it up.  Seems mad to pay a grand for something with a celeron processor in it though.



Is our Northgate the same as this Northgate ?



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