Purchase price does not show the cost of an unclear warranty, missing driver support, setup labor, or two days without the computer. This workbook puts those assumptions beside the specifications.
Useful on its own. You do not need to hire 2Labs to complete it.
What you will finish with
- A written role and workload profile
- Hard requirement checks for Windows, memory, storage, monitors, ports, graphics, and mobility
- Commercial-warranty and driver/BIOS documentation checks
- A recovery test based on maximum acceptable downtime
- Cash cost and downtime-exposure calculations over the planning period you choose
- A side-by-side summary for up to four exact configurations
- A final decision and replacement-plan record
How to use it
- Complete Requirements before entering products.
- Enter the exact quoted configuration on a separate Option sheet.
- Use Unknown when a support or warranty fact is not documented.
- Eliminate systems that miss a hard requirement and resolve any recovery failure.
- Compare the remaining options by written support facts and risk-adjusted cost over your selected planning period.
- Record the final reason, pilot owner, backup method, and replacement plan.
Ready when you are
Download the small business computer buying scorecard
No form and no email are required. The XLSX workbook opens in Excel or LibreOffice and includes four option sheets, formulas, dropdowns, a comparison summary, and a decision record.
Want a second set of eyes?
2Labs can check the workload, specifications, warranty assumptions, and replacement plan without steering every organization toward the most expensive computer.