{"id":597,"date":"2008-07-18T05:48:23","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T13:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?page_id=597"},"modified":"2008-07-20T05:21:50","modified_gmt":"2008-07-20T13:21:50","slug":"hardware-wars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/journals\/journal-july-2008\/hardware-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardware Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"

It never fails that when someone get a new machine in the office, everyone else expects the same thing.\u00a0 The first question your neighbor may ask when you get a shiny new PC is “When will I get my machine upgraded?”\u00a0 Maybe you are the one doing the asking.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Who gets the newest machine?\u00a0 Why did some get upgrades and not others?\u00a0 Who has the pull to demand new hardware?\u00a0 When people envy others,what do you have to do about it?<\/p>\n

I call this Hardware Wars.\u00a0 It is the process that never ends in most firms.\u00a0 Just when the hardware can keep up with the software, then the software makes more demands.\u00a0 Just when the hardware makes a leap in speed, the software gobbles it up.<\/p>\n

Hardware will always need to be upgraded.\u00a0 It will always happen in spurts.\u00a0 You cannot replace every machine at the same time.\u00a0 There will always be some that are a step behind the leading edge.<\/p>\n

Here are some tips for addressing the needs of users, the limits of your budget and the demands of the software.\u00a0 I have used these or heard about them from others.\u00a0 Some are industry norms and some are just creative ideas. Some may work in your environment and others may not.<\/p>\n

Replace One Third of your PC’s per Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keep a list of who has the oldest machines and try to cycle them out of the firm at a rate of one third each year.\u00a0 This way no single person has a machine longer than 3 years. Put it into your budget.\u00a0 Make sure you progress along the replacement path unless there is a constraint on your budget.<\/p>\n

Deploy hardware based on Task<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not based on title or pecking order.\u00a0 Get your firm to understand that the most demanding users are most often the lowest ones on the org chart.\u00a0 Start your hardware replacements on those that need it the most.\u00a0 Those that are pushing the systems to the limit.<\/p>\n

Roll down Machines <\/strong><\/p>\n

When you order new hardware – get the best you can afford and give it to the best users.\u00a0 Keep feeding the ones that are the hungriest for the speed.\u00a0 Roll down last years machine to someone that is just doing MS Office.\u00a0 Do not buy lower level\u00a0 machines (except for expansion of staff).\u00a0 Buy the best and give it to the best.\u00a0 A super user might end up getting a new machine every year.<\/p>\n

Replace – Don’t Upgrade<\/strong><\/p>\n

Old hardware is a drain and often it does not pay to upgrade the old stuff.\u00a0 Unless you are just adding memory, you often will start a domino effect of replacing other parts.\u00a0 Trying to improve old hardware piece by peice can get costly.\u00a0 With the low cost of today’s hardware, look into replacement instead of repair or upgrade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It never fails that when someone get a new machine in the office, everyone else expects the same thing.\u00a0 The first question your neighbor may ask when you get a shiny new PC is “When will I get my machine upgraded?”\u00a0 Maybe you are the one doing the asking. Who gets the newest machine?\u00a0 Why […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":596,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-597","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/597\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}