I Need My Shiny, New PC

The Shiny, New PC Syndrome - Forbes.com

This article talks about lean computing and calls into question whether companies are doing enough to make their employees computers more efficient rather than just newer. This seems like an issue I have to deal with on a daily basis, as I regularly need to run about 15 different applications on my computer at a given time to effectively do my job. I constantly deal with system issues, bog-downs, and processing shortages.

The company does constantly work on improving the systems and the computers I use at work. Extra, unused applications are removed and it is often rather difficult to actually get applications added to a machine even if it is required for your job. But I guess that's just corporate America. The article talks about improving the interaction between applications, and I would like to see that happen, but I don't know how effective that is with half of my applications built in-house and the other half purchased. Knowing how long it takes to get new systems created, or even just getting existing systems upgraded, I can't imagine how long it would take to do the analysis of everything my computer uses and how it could be improved. And then to have all the code changed, tested, and put into production? And then deal with the glitches and downtime while they fix the things they missed or forgot about?

Doesn't sound too much like a money saver to me.

For me, please give me the shiny, new PC. Keep upgrading my processor and bandwidth as they become available.

Oh yeah, anyone have a shiny, new PC to spare? We have a new system going live in a couple more weeks...