Small businesses will do anything to cut costs. This is because most of them face stiff competition and every penny counts. With a typical small entrepreneur hardly being an expert in information technology, computer equipment tends to get the short shrift – not always to good effect.
It is often not easy to accurately estimate the cost of computer equipment, including hardware and software. There are hidden costs, upgrade costs and even a price to pay for buying cheap equipment. Consequently, entrepreneurs could easily end up paying far more or, in some cases, in terms of loss of productivity, downtime etc. because of poor IT choices.
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Author: Darren Miller
