SSD in business clients

anything I don't mind

anything I don't mind

anything I don't mind

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Finally managed to convince a client to go with SSD in their client pcs. Just rolling out some hp i5 3.2ghz, 4gb ddr3 ram, 60gb kingston v300 and gigabit to server infrastructure, Windows 7 64bit.

Have to say its runs great, boots to desktop in no time and starting outlook and word with all the addons starts up instantly. :D

Don't know why anyone is foolish enough to go with under spec clients when they can go with this sort of spec for only £450 per pc.

Users are going to love IT now.
 
Kingston Guarantee

Three-year Kingston warranty, free technical support

HP

There is the standard hp warranty that comes with any hp sff pc. It comes with 2 year 3 day replacement of faulty part, is what we have.


I like the kingston website as it has a business section which you can show to people who might want to purchase them in business.

http://www.kingston.com/us/ssd/vplus
 
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Here is the auto diskbenchmark i did today on the pc. The hp pc came default to ahci and supports sata3

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faster than my home pc
 
We have been rolling out HP business desktops with 120gb SSD drives for a year now. They make a huge difference for log on times and general performance. The only problem is we have several hundred spare SATA drives :p
 
It would have been easier yes but I don't think our supplier does them without the drives. I don't decide any of that and they can be useful to have them laying around.
 
Which model HP are they please?
Currently looking at a refresh and sound like an interesting option, to the usual mechanical drive.
 
mrbell1984 said:
Then it would be wise to change the supplier. Gosh what a waste! :rolleyes:
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It's nothing. Have you done any work with government bodies?! How about a ROOM full of IronKey flash drives, circa £150+VAT each, some 500 of them, sat idle. Bought for people who aren't allowed data offsite nor need it in the first place :o IT buyer just shrugs shoulders.

Often when dealing with big companies, it's more hassle than it's worth to customise boxes. I've seen machines arrive in a certain place and have drives and GPU stripped out and basically binned
 
mrbell1984 said:
Then it would be wise to change the supplier. Gosh what a waste! :rolleyes:
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When you're shackled into a Government Procurement Service framework with 20+ other organisations that's not always an option. ;)

On the flipside, a couple of the laptops on the list we're paying just over half the manufacturers "discounted" web price for.
 
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