Spec me some office computers

shifty_uk

shifty_uk

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Hi guys,

We're expanding the company and taking on more staff so I need some decent but reasonably priced Windows machines. I've been using Macs myself for many years, even had the developers on them in the past so I'm none the wiser with regards to other systems.

The tasks undertaken on the machines will be account management / marketing type stuff, typically browser intense, analysing data, emails, ocassional bit of Adobe CC, Photoshop etc.

I was thinking about HP all in ones but they seem expensive for what they are and we don't require touch screens... At this price point, I'd rather just have everyone on an iMac...

Any thoughts?

Cheers
 
shifty_uk;30483872 said:
Hi guys,

We're expanding the company and taking on more staff so I need some decent but reasonably priced Windows machines. I've been using Macs myself for many years, even had the developers on them in the past so I'm none the wiser with regards to other systems.

The tasks undertaken on the machines will be account management / marketing type stuff, typically browser intense, analysing data, emails, ocassional bit of Adobe CC, Photoshop etc.

I was thinking about HP all in ones but they seem expensive for what they are and we don't require touch screens... At this price point, I'd rather just have everyone on an iMac...

Any thoughts?

Cheers
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We have bought relatively low cost acer smallish desktop towers in the past.
At around £370 including VAT

The Acer Extensa M2610 might be a sweet spot for office PCs

Intel Core i5-4460 Quad Core Processor
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition
4GB DDR3 RAM
500GB HDD
DVD Rewriter
Integrated Graphics
DVI | VGA
Includes Keyboard & Mouse
Dual Operating System - Windows 7 Pro installed with Windows 10 Pro License and System Restore included!
DT.X0CEK.018

Relatively free of bloatware 7/10 pro license and a passable build quality, I'd then throw ram and SSD where needed.

We also have a habit of pairing with dual 27" FullHD screens and wireless desktop KB/Mouse
 
i5 8gb ram win 10, 3yr warranty 1 yr onsite as a minimum
data backup strategy
image creation and management
updates policy and management
anti-virus implementation and maintenance
etc
etc
the IT manager should be doing the above and speccing

or just get some random (no offense intended) in the company to spec up the machines
 
Hp 800 g2 mini are what we use at work and have been absolutely faultless (although have 3 year on-site warranty as standard). All will do 3 displays as well if that's useful to you. I3 models are plenty for any normal office task although worth replacing the hard drives with ssds.
 
Try Dell, Fujitsu and HP (the usual suspects), for that kind of work I would suggest at least an i5, 16GB RAM and a cheap 240-500GB SSD (depending on requirements), W10 Pro (you might still be able to get W7 downgrade rights if that matters, not sure) and definitely 3Y onsite warranty. You're probably looking at around £650-£700 ex VAT for that spec in something like a Dell Optiplex 9020, maybe even with an i7. That doesn't include any monitors.

I say cheap SSD because, as always, corporate machines should never have important data only on their local storage, though it's always been hard to convince people to save things on network drives until they actually lose work and you can say "well, I told you so"...
 
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