>Well there's a couple of problems with that...
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>First, "you get what you pay for" and that may not be good enough for a business. DELL used to (still?) carry a separate line specifically for larger businesses that were easier to maintain and generally ahd better components.

Most computer manufacturers do. In fact, many industries do the same thing. Ford and GM come to mind.

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>Secondly, how does a nice cheap bunch of PCs help a company that's still on Windows98? Seems there are still many out there.

In the US, computer hardware can be amortized over three years. How old is Win98 now?

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>And of course the eternal problem that a PC is viewed by many (and not so incorrectly in my opinion) as just another office item like a telephone or a stapler or a shredder and ought to be able to continue doing what it does until it breaks.

That's an additional mis-perception that we also need to discuss when the issue arises.