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How Much to Pay for a Computer?
04.01.2002
 Buying
a computer is usually a trade off between price and performance. An
expensive computer is usually more reliable and faster that its
cheaper counterpart.
If you are an entrepreneur, looking for a simple home
computer, prices now range from P 18,000 - P 22,000 for a basic
setup.
My computer is an AMD 500 MHz, 128MB memory, with 20GB hard disk.
I bought this April 2001, for a price of about P 19,000. It works
fine, allowing me to do multiple tasks such as graphic design, word
processing, and so on.
For a small business, you might want to buy computers that
are slightly more reliable than home computers. Basically you are
looking at buying a better brand of motherboard and processor. You
can get good, reliable computers for P 25,000.
For corporations, reliability is a big issue. For every
hour a computer is not working, the employee is unproductive. I
would recommend buying branded computers from IT companies that
provide excellent after sales service. Be prepared to spend up to P
60,000 per computer.
Until next month.
Joel Mangilit is an IT professor at the Graduate School of
Business of De La Salle University (Manila, Philippines) and is CEO
of www.webphil.com.
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