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Attachment 1-Comments from IT Committee <br />August 4, 1999 <br />Soma commems via electronic mail from IT Committee member about neat phase <br />PC replacements: <br />Joel Dunn <br />Director, Systems & Communicatlons UNC-CH AIS <br />I support the nett phase in your PC purchaseldistnbulion plan. This is consistent with <br />your original timetable, and you will have absorbetl the previous oNer by the time you plan <br />to receive this shipment. I believe that the software pre-loatl option will be a timesaver for <br />your department. <br />Remember in your comments to the commissioners that iPS important to plan for lifecycle <br />replacement of ihes0 new machines M future butlgets. <br />Don Smith <br />UNC-0H Department of Computer Scisnm <br />I certainly support proceeding with the purchase of the 120 PCs using th¢ speci(cetions <br />presentetl at the last ITC meeting. The county stall have done a very mmmendable job of <br />"shopping' -- the computing power they are acquiring for the taryat prim of $1800 per <br />system is quite impressive. Their decision to use pre-insYdlietl software loatls also has the <br />potential to result in signifmnt savings in stall time bravery modest investment of $21 <br />per system. <br />Doug Noell <br />MIS Director, Chapel HIIIAarrboro City Schools <br />1 am in full support of proceeding wiM the 120 PC purchase. <br />Tony Rall <br />Informatlon Englnear, Lockheetl Martin ~ US EPA <br />I fully suppoA the plan to purchase 120 PCs. <br />- h follows the life cycle uptlaRS we previously proposetl to the commissioners <br />-The timing is gootl in terns of getting a 9ootl price <br />- The technology is the right choim br the next several years <br />-County employees neetl this level of machine far current antl future soHware <br />- Vour slag will be much more eHedive by replacing cltler machines - avoitling <br />problems of obsolescence <br />