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Re: PC Laptop price - PaulP - 12-01-2020
(12-01-2020, 10:10 AM)capcom link Wrote:I think they'll wipe it Paul as it's probably a "volume licencing agreement" of the operating system which won't extend beyond the company as it's a common code to all PCs installed within the business. Office will then be the second question and you don't really want office 365 due to the lack of ownership of a dedicated disc. Unlike Windows 7. Keep us posted
Thanks Mike. The more I think about it, the more I'm inclined to agree. So we may potentially need a Win 10 and an Office licence.
Re: PC Laptop price - rocky - 12-01-2020
Hey Pauly, I got a basic KOGAN laptop from KOGAN and it was under $500.
1x Kogan Atlas 14.1" N500 Laptop (8GB 128GB SSD)
So far so good. Maybe give them a look
Re: PC Laptop price - Mav - 12-01-2020
There are free alternatives to MS Office such as LibreOffice.
Re: PC Laptop price - ElwoodBlues1 - 12-01-2020
(12-01-2020, 10:39 AM)Mav link Wrote:There are free alternatives to MS Office such as LibreOffice.I use Libre ,does the job and you can save as Windows files or PDF's........$400 is a sweet deal on that work laptop though.
The Good Guys are doing an Acer 15.6" with Win10 home for $383, if you are into the cash rewards programs like Shopback they were doing 8% so that would have been another $20 off that price..
Re: PC Laptop price - DJC - 12-01-2020
I use a HP laptop Paul and it’s very good.
One thing that you should explore is whether your wife can be registered as the owner of the laptop. HP has a very good after sales service that includes updates and fixes. You need to be part of that to keep the laptop humming.
Re: PC Laptop price - Thryleon - 12-01-2020
(12-01-2020, 07:43 AM)PaulP link Wrote:Hi everyone. I've been a Mac guy my whole adult life, so I know nothing about PC's. My wife is finishing up at her work, and has asked the company if she can keep (i.e purchase) her work laptop. The company has said they will sell it to her for $400. Specs as follows :
HP EliteBook 840 G6
14 inch / 15 inch display (not sure which)
8GB RAM
Core i5 1.6Ghz processor
Win 10 Pro
500GB HD
My wife will need to buy her own copy of Microsoft Office, which of course will add to the cost. Her use is basically Office, basic internet, checking emails etc. No gaming, 3D or any other intensive tasks.
Just wondering if folks think the $400 is a fair price ?
Thanks in advance.
Hi.
Absolutely. We buy these for about 1700 a pop without licensing at work.
If its a hp business elitebook it will likely have a 3 year care pack warranty which you can see by typing in the serial number on the hp support website.
They are good all rounders and you won't beat the value on it.
Re: PC Laptop price - PaulP - 12-01-2020
Thanks to all who have responded thus far. There's lots there for us to chew over. For some reason, her work wants an answer tomorrow, but we'll try to ask for an extension.
Thanks.
Re: PC Laptop price - Thryleon - 12-01-2020
No worries Paul. Theyre good machines and we only started buying them within the last 12 months (if not 6).
It wont come with an operating system but thats the easiest thing to fix.
Re: PC Laptop price - LP - 12-01-2020
Yes, I'd buy it at that price if I was in the same circumstance, it's a good GP specification. Also, as it is your Wife's she knows the pedigree, the ownership chain adds value to the buyer.
The speaker problem sounds more like an audio driver issue, the HP support line could sort that out for you if the product is still covered. But even so the HP support site will perform driver updates for the less technical user. FYI, often the corporate devices are locked down and micro-managed by a fleet of IT staff, they don't change stuff they don't have to and as such hardware doesn't always get widely available fixes that are already out in the marketplace. From the IT perspective, when there is a chance you might cook hundreds or thousands of devices with a software patch, you don't do it unless it's absolutely necessary.
Make sure your wife budgets for some supplementary security software, that license will go when the device is removed from the network, a good home solution is Malwarebytes. Yearly about $45. The Win 10 built in security software is OK, running the second layer is really just a fall-back but in my opinion it is worth it.
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner.
Re: PC Laptop price - LP - 12-01-2020
(12-01-2020, 09:49 AM)PaulP date Wrote:When I first read it earlier today, I just assumed it meant no Office, but that Win 10 would remain. Now I'm not so sure. We'll have to check that tomorrow.Generally on these bulk build devices Win 10 Home/Pro is bound to the hardware/device not the corporation, but it can vary based on how the licences are allocated. It may be the device includes a Win 10 Home license not the Pro license most organisations require for network functionality.
I know there is a way to check that but I'm not familiar with it, old school laptops often are in the same situation as the school gets a special rate for student licensing of Win 10 Pro, and when the kids leave the school software is wiped and the license downgraded. [member=105]Thryleon[/member] might know the answer on how to check.