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Man, must be nice to be a VP at my company

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trmiv

Lifer
I work at a pretty well known company, and we standardize on Dell computers. With few exceptions, everyone who gets a laptop gets a choice of two, and there is only one desktop choice. They can request more ram, CD-RW etc, but generally users are limited to certain choices when ordering computers. Not so with the execs of course. Today a new laptop comes in for an exec:

Dell Inspiron XPS
Pentium 4 3.4ghz Extreme edition
Radeon 9800 mobility with 256MB ram
XP Pro (we standardize 2K, but he signed a waiver to keep XP Pro)
2 GB DDR RAM
8x CD/DVD Burner
Creative Audigy 2NX External USB sound
100 GB hard drive
Extended battery
modular floppy


$4500 or about $3000 more than the regular laptops we order cost. Glad those execs are working to keep the costs down! 😉 😀

This thing is a frigging MONSTER too. Not really something you take on business trips, it must weigh 10-12 pounds. I'm just curious what the dude is using it for, because it can't be work! Half-Life 2 just came out, this VP must be a gamer!
 
that's just a drop in the bucket. Nice company cars, free trips on the company plane, huge bonuses, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. 😛
 
Originally posted by: loki8481
the Dell Inspiron XPS is a monster. what industry are you in where an exec would need that kind of power?
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there's a difference between needing that power and wanting that power. If a VP wants something, he gets it.
 
What I like is how he didn't just order the laptop and be done with it, he maxed out every option he could. Not just the Pentium 4 3.4 which is standard, he ordered the Extreme Ediition for an extra $1000.
 
Originally posted by: toekramp
if you represent the company i see no reason for you not to have the biggest and the best
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I work at a pretty well known company, and we standardize on Dell computers. With few exceptions, everyone who gets a laptop gets a choice of two, and there is only one desktop choice.
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hypocrite

\Hyp"o*crite\, n. [F., fr. L. hypocrita, Gr. ? one who plays a part on the stage, a dissembler, feigner. See Hypocrisy.] One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.
 
Originally posted by: trmiv
I work at a pretty well known company, and we standardize on Dell computers. With few exceptions, everyone who gets a laptop gets a choice of two, and there is only one desktop choice. They can request more ram, CD-RW etc, but generally users are limited to certain choices when ordering computers. Not so with the execs of course. Today a new laptop comes in for an exec:

Dell Inspiron XPS
Pentium 4 3.4ghz Extreme edition
Radeon 9800 mobility with 256MB ram
XP Pro (we standardize 2K, but he signed a waiver to keep XP Pro)
2 GB DDR RAM
8x CD/DVD Burner
Creative Audigy 2NX External USB sound
100 GB hard drive
Extended battery
modular floppy


$4500 or about $3000 more than the regular laptops we order cost. Glad those execs are working to keep the costs down! 😉 😀

This thing is a frigging MONSTER too. Not really something you take on business trips, it must weigh 10-12 pounds. I'm just curious what the dude is using it for, because it can't be work! Half-Life 2 just came out, this VP must be a gamer!
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it's not a laptop. It's a portable PC.

I have one. the batter alone is 2lbs, so is the ac adapter.
 
Just out of curiosity, what are the two types of laptops regular employees get to choose from? A 2.6Ghz Celeron and a 2.7Ghz Celeron? :roll:
 

$4500 or about $3000 more than the regular laptops we order cost. Glad those execs are working to keep the costs down! 😉 😀

This thing is a frigging MONSTER too. Not really something you take on business trips, it must weigh 10-12 pounds. I'm just curious what the dude is using it for, because it can't be work! Half-Life 2 just came out, this VP must be a gamer!
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No big deal,lay off a few employee's,ship some more work to India. That'll pay for that needlessly needed, high priced Laptop in a jiffy.

 
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