Quote for new equipment.

[coquet636]

Hello all good sponsors or edugeek,

I need a quote for some hardware i will be purchasing for our summer upgrade.

Here are the items

53 x Dell Laptops
20 x Dell Workstations
20 x 19” TFT Monitors – Not Widescreen
1 x 20 station Laptop Trolley
2 x 15 station Laptop Trolley
2 x Dell Servers Similar spec to below to host virtual servers
Dell PowerEdge 2950 Server
Quad Core Xeon E5410 2.33GHz
8GB RAM (2 x 4GB Dual Rank DIMMs) 667MHz
3 x 500GB Serial ATAu 7.2k 3.5” Hot Plug HD
Integrated Controller Card
DVD ROM Drive
Rails / 2U Chasis
2 x 1GB Memory sticks for dell server (ddr2 667 CL5 fully buffered ECC)
1 x Server Cabinet (max height 220cm due to low ceiling)
1 x 8 port KVM switch USB + 8 sets of cables
1 x 2u UPS APC Smart ups 3000VA or equivalent


And all for under 44500 if possible, some items can be tweaked in spec to get this.

p.s. sorry simon i would come straight to you with this if i could but need 3 quotes due to the cost involved abd the fact the auditors were here when this work was discussed.. dammn auditors.....

UPDATE: need licences for the workstations and laptops.

[CPLTD]

Hello all good sponsors or edugeek,

I need a quote for some hardware i will be purchasing for our summer upgrade.

Here are the items

53 x Dell Laptops – Without XP/Vista Licences
20 x Dell Workstations – Without XP/Vista Licences
20 x 19” TFT Monitors – Not Widescreen
1 x 20 station Laptop Trolley
2 x 15 station Laptop Trolley
2 x Dell Servers Similar spec to below to host virtual servers
Dell PowerEdge 2950 Server
Quad Core Xeon E5410 2.33GHz
8GB RAM (2 x 4GB Dual Rank DIMMs) 667MHz
3 x 500GB Serial ATAu 7.2k 3.5” Hot Plug HD
Integrated Controller Card
DVD ROM Drive
Rails / 2U Chasis
2 x 1GB Memory sticks for dell server (ddr2 667 CL5 fully buffered ECC)
1 x Server Cabinet (max height 220cm due to low ceiling)
1 x 8 port KVM switch USB + 8 sets of cables
1 x 2u UPS APC Smart ups 3000VA or equivalent


And all for under 44500 if possible, some items can be tweaked in spec to get this.

p.s. sorry simon i would come straight to you with this if i could but need 3 quotes due to the cost involved abd the fact the auditors were here when this work was discussed.. dammn auditors.....

Hey no worries fella Im sure we can get you a great deal dont worry I'm on it

[dgsmith]

53 x Dell Laptops – Without XP/Vista Licences
20 x Dell Workstations – Without XP/Vista Licences

Just wondering why you don't want licences - are you running linux or do you own retail copies of windows? If you have a school agreement, I think you still need to have OEM licences on the hardware.
Sorry if you know what you're doing here and ignore me if this is still correct, though I don't think we have ever ordered hardware without some type of licence!

[coquet636]

Just wondering why you don't want licences - are you running linux or do you own retail copies of windows? If you have a school agreement, I think you still need to have OEM licences on the hardware.
Sorry if you know what you're doing here and ignore me if this is still correct, though I don't think we have ever ordered hardware without some type of licence!

We are replacing computers we already have on our network and for the others we will be buying a volume licence agreement.We still have a cupboard wih over 100 win 98 licences, which i believe, (although i maybe wrong!)means we can purcahase a volume licence agreement licence and be covered.

[Mandy]

Working on a quote now for you....

What minimum spec laptop + desktop?

[coquet636]

Working on a quote now for you....

What minimum spec laptop + desktop?

its pretty flexible, as always want as much as possible for very little... lol

at least 2 gig of ram for both

the workstations need sata hdd but suppose thats standard now, size of hdd is at least 80gb

workstations would preferably have separate graphics cards.

[f21970]

My understanding of XP licencing is if the hardware is replaced or substantially altered from the PC that the original licence was attached to, a new XP licence is required. Am I misguided in this?

[Quackers]

We are replacing computers we already have on our network and for the others we will be buying a volume licence agreement.We still have a cupboard wih over 100 win 98 licences, which i believe, (although i maybe wrong!)means we can purcahase a volume licence agreement licence and be covered.

The volume licence is "upgrade" only. You have to have a Windows licence with the PC to start with.

This can be a retail copy out of the shop or an OEM.

If your old PC's have an OEM Windows 98 licence it lives and dies with that PC, and cannot be transfered to your new ones and then upgraded. I presume thats what you mean by 100 copys of 98 in a cupboard

[coquet636]

The volume licence is "upgrade" only. You have to have a Windows licence with the PC to start with.

This can be a retail copy out of the shop or an OEM.

If your old PC's have an OEM Windows 98 licence it lives and dies with that PC, and cannot be transfered to your new ones and then upgraded. I presume thats what you mean by 100 copys of 98 in a cupboard

Yeah it was, the books have the licence certificate on the front of them.... .


UPDATE:----

Need licences for the laptops and workstations

[Mandy]

Can you PM your email and I will send a quote over...

[dgsmith]

UPDATE:----

Need licences for the laptops and workstations

I thought it sounded a bit odd

Best be safe, afterall! I guess if you had bought 100 copies of Win98 retail all those years ago and never used them, then that may have been ok (though even that I am not sure of), but certainly not if they came with OEM hardware!

[coquet636]

I thought it sounded a bit odd

Best be safe, afterall! I guess if you had bought 100 copies of Win98 retail all those years ago and never used them, then that may have been ok (though even that I am not sure of), but certainly not if they came with OEM hardware!

I never bought them.. they were here when i got here.... nicely boxed and never used that i know of....lol...

[ticker]

Just got 2 x Dell R710 which are built for virtual hosting, it worked out a lot cheaper as we only need 2 servers instead of 3 and performance over 2950 is alot better.

[ServersPlus]

p.s. sorry simon i would come straight to you with this if i could but need 3 quotes due to the cost involved abd the fact the auditors were here when this work was discussed.. dammn auditors.....

Blunt but honest question- if we quote do we stand any chance of getting the deal given your comments or are you just looking for 3 quotes in order to proceed? Not wishing to seem abrupt but just wanted to manage expectations at this end.

Cheers

[coquet636]

Blunt but honest question- if we quote do we stand any chance of getting the deal given your comments or are you just looking for 3 quotes in order to proceed? Not wishing to seem abrupt but just wanted to manage expectations at this end.

Cheers

Simon has been my main supplier and his prices always good, but obviously with such a big quote it comes down to price and then if its close the good service we have received will be a factor.