08-16-2006, 02:49 PM
Evan Wrote:Mike Wrote:you must be naive, any coroporate discount would also apply to any other manufacturer who would love to get an order for 16,000 laptops and a huge support deal, so IBMs would still be the most initially expensive to buy. These decisions are all made about the numbers, and apparently the long term cost savings on a IBM machine is worth the initial cost.Evan Wrote:As a data point, Booz Allen buys IBM laptops for all of its 16,000 employees, and since they are the most expensive laptops, there has got to be a reason.
a reason? somebody at the top likes them or they get a great corporate deal. doesn't have to be any more reason than that.
sorry, you're wrong in your assumption. yes, it could be as simple as someone sleeping with someone in the IBM sales department. i think you're giving your fellow human beings too much credit.
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