 | | From: | Ted | | Subject: | Re: justify new computers | | Date: | 4 Jan 2005 05:57:41 -0800 |
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> Rule #18: Never try to justify the purchase cost of equipment with
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> assumed resale value. If you have to use the assumed value of the
> equipment when you sell it again to justify the price of acquisition,
> the price of acquisition is too high. You can do that to rationalize
> purchases you make for personal use (since they don't have to be
> cost-effective), but it's a risky practice when you are acquiring
> equipment for business use.
Well the topic I was replying to was cost. The resale value of course
has to be taken into consideration.
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> > Also the upkeep on PCs is more considering spyware these
> > days.
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> Neither platform is more prone to spyware infection than the other.
It
> all depends on what you use the computer for.
All I know is that my PCs are more vulnerable right now to spyware than
my Macs for whatever reasons. In the future that may change but right
now it is just a fact.
Ted
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| | From: | Mxsmanic | | Subject: | Re: justify new computers | | Date: | Wed, 05 Jan 2005 06:31:48 +0100 |
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| Ted writes:
> All I know is that my PCs are more vulnerable right now to spyware than
> my Macs for whatever reasons.
Infection with spyware is entirely dependent on user action.
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