Brand products Apple they have never been among the most affordable. And they didn't even have to, because the quality of their processing, the most innovative operating system in the world and timeless design became symbols that distinguished them from other brands and were worth paying extra for. But judge for yourself that sacrificing 6,5 times the normal price at which you can officially buy these products seems excessive.
MacBlog.sk server on December 8.12.2011, XNUMX informed o contract, which was concluded by the University of Economics in Bratislava with the company Gratex International, as The invoice issued for €1 includes seven MacBookov Pro 15 " in the configuration Intel Core i7 2,66 Ghz processor, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD worth €9144 including VAT and two 27" iMacs with Intel Core i7 2,93 GHz processor, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD for €5472 including VAT. Macbook Pro were also included Apple LED Cinema Display 24" worth €999 including VAT. It should be noted that the contract was concluded in May 2011, so these are older models that are no longer even sold. In case MacBook Pro it is generation (mid 2010) and iMac (mid 2010). Why the university installed the 5-year-old Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system on these computers is also a mystery.
since Apple the price of the new models only changes minilittle, for information current MacBook Pro 15" with the same parameters would normally cost around CZK 71 (€840) including VAT, and an iMac would cost CZK 2820 (€51590) including VAT. And that's even in the online store Realshop.sk , which is operated by the company Gratex International, a.s. It is interesting that the university as an educational institution could use a 10% discount, which is possible in the case of a larger order directly through Apple International Europe, increase up to 15%.
The university also ordered forty-eight powerful Dell Precision T5500 desktops, which consist of a 6-core Intel Xenon X5650 processor, 8GB of RAM and a professional Nvidia Quadro 600 graphics card. Similarly, it did not skimp on the keyboards and mice included in the currently most expensive Logitech Cordless Desktop MX set 5500 Revolution. However, unlike products Apple, the prices of these products were more realistic.
The official position of the university was that neuroit made no mistake and its goal is efficient management and therefore has no interest in concluding overpriced contracts. In the electronic auction, the winning company Gratex International, as defended that the reason for the high price is due to the above-standard service, which was included in the price. For your information, we would like to state that the guaranteed removal of the fault within four hours and the five-year warranty do not apply Macbookov Pro and iMacov. But even if the service of these devices was involved, it would be an amount for which we can come to a clear conclusion with a simple calculation. An ordinary IT network administrator at a school in the Slovak Republic comes up with a monthly maxat least €1000. For one computer, including a monitor, the university paid €5300 more than the normal price. This means that for €10300, which the university would save if the dean personally went out to buy only two MacBookov For any seller in the Slovak Republic/Czech Republic, for example the already mentioned company Gratex International, and bought goods at a normal price on their official online store Realshop.sk, the University of Bratislava could easily pay one employeeancand with such a profession, who would be in the building non-stop and the team would also carry out possible repairs on the facilities throughout the year.
Well, what MacBlog.sk did not mention, and is the most surprising, is an external monitor Apple The LED Cinema Display 24" is even a model that has not been produced for three years. Because he replaced him in 2010 Apple LED Cinema Display 27", which is sold for the same price as the original 24" version. But at the time of the execution of the order, the latest and most modern monitor from the company began to be produced for exactly the same amount Applewhich bears the name Apple Thunderbolt Display 27".
In conclusion, I will add that despite the approaching teachers' strike and the lack of financEven in education, there is always some money set aside for the advantageous purchase of oversized equipment, which we hope this school will definitely use to the full. And why are we actually surprised that products that are from the company Apple, were so overpriced. After all, some Fridays are no longer produced, and thus the subsequent renewal of production, for example, of the flax itself Apple The LED Cinema Display 24" could actually increase the price by €6300 as an additional payment for the historical tax on archive computers. Even though I only have primary school... and I don't have Dr. in front of my name prof. Ing. Rudolf Sivák, PhD., rector of the University of Economics in Bratislava.
However, the biggest question remains, what will an economic university actually use similar machines for, when similar configurations are not available even to film school students who edit professional videos and films. Whether an economist will really use the speed of an SSD drive in normal work is probably a useless question. I personally know economists from ČSOB in the positions of TOP Managers, as well as TOP Managers from Komerčna banka and Česká Národná banka, but none of them can even dream of a similar computer...
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The above article only supplements the information found by the SITA media agency and the MacBlog.sk server with our own findings. All the information found comes from a comparison of the current prices of regular online and brick-and-mortar sellers and the manufacturer and sellers themselves Apple Inc. with a copy of the contract which is listed on the website of the respective university. Server Letem svetem Applem it is based only on facts and findings that are publicly known and available.
I'm either hallucinating, or the article is written in Czecho-Slovak:D some sentences are half Slovak, some Czech, elsewhere Czech letters and punctuation are used in Slovak words:D
"According to Gratex International, the price calculation consisted of two parts, namely the hardware price, in the case of the iMac 2 160 euros including VAT, and in the case of MacBook 3 euros including VAT, as well as the prices of the package of services required by the contracting authority. As the university management further expressed, “the purchase of branded computers Apple tvoril only 4,03% of the value of the entire order." Moreover, according to the university, the price for the hardware in question must be seen in the context of the entire order. She was looking for the cheapest comprehensive solution for the Faculty of Economics, not individual computersonenty. "What was important was the final price for the entire contract, comprising 38 different items, and it was the lowest in the case of Gratex International's bid," the university said.
I'm not saying that the price couldn't be reduced, but this seems to me to be a quite acceptable explanation.
... there is also an error in the information about the above-standard equipped dell brand ntbs in the amount of 22 pcs with cpu intel i7 940 + vga nvidia quadro ... machines for excel perfect
...I'm not exactly sure of these data, but I read in SME that they bought McBooks for approx. 5000 Euros, which is approx. 120 thousand ČK. So they were overpriced, a little more than 2x. But I get the facts from some short notice in the press..:-)
Dotcom: You can download the invoice anyway, it's available for download on their website, you can find out the prices there
Great article by george armani :-D … Is that some Czechoslovak??? :D
The grammar has already been fixed, we apologize for that! thanks for understanding
To Tom: what is the significance of buying Macs in a structure where 96% of orders are made by the Wimdows platform? Let's look at it this way, it's obviously some kind of fraud, not to mention the service, so I don't know how, but prepaid service for a laptop certainly won't increase the price by 60% or more, and if they had it like that with service within 4 hours, why would they buy any service or the basic machines that are in that invoice, for that price, if they threw it in the trash, I can buy another 2-3 new machines, I can defend myself as much as I want, okay, that's not the case
I was mainly interested in where they got the 24" LED Cinemas. When I complained about mine, the guys from cesky-servis.cz repaired it like idiots, because they told me that they were new in stock and they simply weren't available for service.
I didn't quite understand the service part. as a normal network administrator, he should fix the problem on the mbp within four hours? or, for example, a logic board? I guess I can't imagine it well enough...
Of course, even the company's official service won't remove it Apple…. not even at Apple Care it's not until 4 o'clock... on business Apple Care it's 12 o'clock... Well, that's why the university bought 3 spare machines... well, I guess a computer for 250 CZK can't have a problem :D
they lost the moral right to teach economic courses when I steal like this
to yogurt: what about same day support? It mainly concerns problems with HW, SW and configuration errors, I can't imagine it. And above all, it is not a miracle, an underutilized type of support for critical infrastructure, the only problem is in the price = k...and expensive.
What does it really matter what this kind of university guarantee is for, not to mention the fact that it's fucked up like EUBA, and why is it all built on run-of-the-mill HW.
I don't understand what everyone is trying to solve here :D it's always a clear tunnel and someone has greased their pockets nicely :)
Maybe the price with the required service is adequate, it's hard to find out. So we don't need to discuss the price, but why do they need such service at the university? Does every computer really have to be repaired within 4 hours? NestWould it be possible to do it by the second working day? That is then handled by the usual care packy for a fraction of these prices.
What's happening in the world is getting worse every year, I'm already starting to believe in the end of the world in 2012, but that doesn't belong here...