Surrey County Council has justified the decision to put a 27" iMac on every desk in the council office by claiming a 20% saving on fuel costs over the old PCs and by "pretending we're a university to qualify for HE discount from Apple".
Councillor Tim Hall said
"We believe we can drastically cut the power that is wasted by computers, help save local taxpayers up to £8m by driving a hard bargain, support staff to do their jobs even better and save office space."Those flat screens save huge amounts of desk space don't they? The new machines will not be available to schools, libraries or the fire service as they aren't nearly as important as people who work in the council offices.
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What does their local press have to say ?
I love that logic.
I am going to burn £100 pounds of your money, but hey i'm saving you 10 pounds because i could have burnt £110.
"Those flat screens save huge amounts of desk space don't they?"
To be filled up by....what? Soft toys, coffee mugs, photos of the wife and kiddies?
So, let me get this straight. Surrey County Council "pretended to be a University" to obtain a discount?
Isn't that misrepresentation? Does the supplier know?
My apologies Henry if you feel misled. I read the linked article with the quote from the councillor and wondered how they could 'drive a hard bargain'. The Apple HE part of the post was my fevered imagination working overtime in tongue-in-cheek fashion.
I have no idea what machines the council will be attempting to purchase but I imagine they will be IBM compatible machines (Windows based) rather than macs.
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