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Executive Summary
While purchasing products and services, there are things to consider. When there are several of the products to be bought, it requires much thinking before making a final decision. The Graber-Irons Manufacturing Company wants to buy some laptops. There are three laptops to choose from; Acer Aspire E 15 E5-574G-52QU, ASUS F556UA-AS54, and Lenovo ThinkPad T450. The three laptops have different prices and different features. The best selection from the three is the Lenovo ThinkPad T450. The prices stated are from Amazon. The company would get a better offer of the same at a wholesale price. The company can get them at (insert an outlet close to your location that sells the laptops at a wholesale price, the contacts of the outlet and the email address of the same). The company will negotiate the goodwill terms with the supplying company.
Introduction
When an individual or a company decides to shop for something, they first engage in window shopping. The window shopping helps with viewing the different varieties of the commodity available in the market. It also helps them view the different prices. That way, people get a good quality commodity at a lower price. Sometimes, companies offer tenders to other people or companies. Organizations prefer the people or companies who offer the quality they desire at a lower price. Those who get the tenders then supply the products or services to the organization.
When shopping for a laptop, there are many things to consider. The functions that the laptop is expected to perform dictates the features a laptop. For example, when a company has tasks that require much space, one has to look out for the laptop with much disk space. Another thing to check out is the laptop's speed. The company wants something fast that will not cause delays when processing different tasks. High speed increases performance and overall efficiency. The physical size of a laptop also matters significantly. Sometimes the laptop users have to carry the laptops and work from home. It is good if the laptops are a little smaller and slimmer for comfort.
Something also very vital is the price of the laptops. Sometimes the prices for the laptops are high, especially with the company's desired features. The best thing is to find a quality laptop, preferably from well-known companies. The advantage of purchasing the laptops from a known company is that the reputation of the company is good. They produce quality products to maintain their reputation. Again, it is easy to contact them. Another thing is that when buying products in large quantities, it is better to get them from a well-known source to avoid making losses.
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Acer Aspire E 15 E5-574G-52QU
According to Andrea, (2016) the laptop is quite and efficient, but its outstanding feature and description is its memory size: the 1TB hard disk.
ASUS F556UA-AS54
According to the Tech for Pennies, the reviews given about the laptop show that the laptop is quite fast and don't hang. There were, however, complaints that there was the unavailability of the laptop's spare parts at some time.
Lenovo ThinkPad T450
According to the Lenovo ThinkPad T450 review, the laptop gets so much credit for its battery life. Most clients are happy and say that they like it since they don't need to carry the laptop chargers around especially after charging. There were also other happy clients who stated that the company's customer care was fast to respond when they had queries or issues with the laptops.
Bibliography
Lenovo ThinkPad T450 Ultrabook Review. (n.d.). Retrieved July 1, 2016, from http://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T450-Ultrabook-Review.139988.0.html
Andrea. (2016, February 15). Acer i5 Laptop Aspire E 15 E5-574G-52QU Review. Retrieved July 1, 2016, from http://teradatariver.com/2697/acer-i5-laptop-aspire-e-15-e5-574g-52qu-review/
Tech for Pennies. (n.d.). TECH FOR PENNIES Say Yes to Affordable Tech. Retrieved July 1, 2016, from http://techforpennies.com/asus-f556ua-as54-laptop-review/
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