Make Up Assignment Small office set up. You and 2 friends are about to start a n

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Small office set up.

You and 2 friends are about to start a new business.

A friend of yours has advised you that to start with, you will need:

3 mid-priced portables and 3 mid priced PCs, with operating systems.

1 simple, entry level server (aim to spend 1500 – 2500 USD)

1 Colour laser printer

1 Colour inkjet printer

1 wireless 4 port router

1 5 port switch

Microsoft Windows Server

Microsoft office professional (5 users)

1. Prepare a sheet showing the total cost of each of the items. You may use either euros or dollars. (Remember, you must ensure that your computers have Operating systems!)

2. Using Dell.com, (or any other computer leasing website) calculate whether it is cheaper to purchase outright or to lease the 3 laptops for 4 years, using the simple headline rate shown on the US website. What are the advantages/disadvantages of leasing v. buying?

This exercise should be done individually, but can be done in groups of 2 or 3 people, as long as they all failed the mid-term AND are in the same group for the final assignment.

You may need to use https://products.office.com/en-us/buy/compare-microsoft-office-products for microsoft pricing.

You may need to use http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/finance/dfs_estimator?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd for leasing

Explanation / Answer

1.   The total cost of each of the items is given below:

3 mid-priced portables and 3 mid-priced PCs, with operating systems- $500 each

1 simple, entry-level server- $1119

Microsoft office professional- $399.99 each

Microsoft Windows Server -$6,155

1   5 port switch- $19.99

1 Wireless 4 port router -$67.73

1 Color inkjet printer -$41.74

1 Color laser printer -$88.50

2.

As per the calculation and estimation suggest it is required to buy the items for the office set up as the prime important aspects and advantage of buying the product will make the work done more accurate instead of leasing the items. As leasing, the items will incur an additional cost of the items which is required to bear by the lease taker which is a disadvantage and if any issue generates in the leased items, then that cost is also to be given by the person who is taking the lease. So to avoid any extra cost and unnecessary flow of money for the wrong cause it is required to buy the items with price and set up a well-structured office environment.

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