What is "TCO"?

Freeman

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Jul 20, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/20/00

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Recently, I've been browsing the computer shops for monitors, and I noticed
that on some of computer (many are Sony's) attached a sticker, which prints
"TCO 199x".

Does anyone know what that means?? Is it a standard of some kind??

Thank you

Adam Zilinskas

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Jul 20, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/20/00

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I think that is Total Cost of Ownership.

You buy a $500 computer, need $200 in add-ons
and you put $400 in software in it.
Spend umpteen hours in tech support calls gettting it working
(say $800 in lost productivity etc...)

Now compare that against a $1200 computer with
all needed software is included and it is operating
straight out of the box.

Its the type of stuff that makes companies buy Gateways,Dells
and such. Cruddier machines than what you could find elsewhere
but the overall actual costs are lower.

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Adam Zilinskas
SolutionsIQ
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Tim Coyne

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Jul 20, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/20/00

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http://www.tco-info.com/

Tim Coyne

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Jul 20, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/20/00

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http://www.taxan.co.uk/tco99.htm

Dan Goldberg

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Jul 21, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/21/00

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It's nothing of the sort, it's an energy conservation standard. TCO
certifies that your monitor uses energy efficiently, etc...

> I think that is Total Cost of Ownership.
>
> You buy a $500 computer, need $200 in add-ons
> and you put $400 in software in it.
> Spend umpteen hours in tech support calls gettting it working
> (say $800 in lost productivity etc...)
>
> Now compare that against a $1200 computer with
> all needed software is included and it is operating
> straight out of the box.
>
> Its the type of stuff that makes companies buy Gateways,Dells
> and such. Cruddier machines than what you could find elsewhere
> but the overall actual costs are lower.
>
>
> --
> Adam Zilinskas
> SolutionsIQ
> aez at msn.com
>
>
> "Freeman" <andr...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:A4Kd5.1112$bP1....@news20.bellglobal.com...

DAVE

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Jul 21, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/21/00

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On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 06:14:44 GMT, "Dan Goldberg" <dg...@home.com>
wrote:

>It's nothing of the sort, it's an energy conservation standard. TCO
>certifies that your monitor uses energy efficiently, etc...
>
>> I think that is Total Cost of Ownership.

Uh oh! Looks like this one may fall to context.... :D

Dave

Adam Zilinskas

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Jul 21, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/21/00

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Seeing the other posts, I was wrong, it looks like
the European/Global version of the American EPA.
I encountered TCO in a business sense and
until just now, never encountered that TCO logo.
http://www.taxan.co.uk/tco99.htm

I can go home now, I learned something new.

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Adam Zilinskas
SolutionsIQ
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> It's nothing of the sort, it's an energy conservation standard. TCO
> certifies that your monitor uses energy efficiently, etc...
>
> > I think that is Total Cost of Ownership.
> >

Jitterbug

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Aug 1, 2000, 3:00:00 AM8/1/00

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Total Cost of Ownership. Microsoft uses it as a sales tool to large IT
departments. So does Sun, & IBM.