Pre-builts are cheaper than single components but they only had the contact for the computers and technically they still have the cases, maybe motherboards too, so they’d be over strength if they bought more prebuilts. So now they have to go off economy if they want to get those computers working again or deal with the hassle of turning in the old equipment, waiting for it to fall off the books and then ordering “new” equipment but during that time people wouldn’t be working so you might spend 80k to avoid spending 1M in salaries to avoid waiting to spend 20k.
Pre-builts are cheaper than single components but they only had the contact for the computers and technically they still have the cases, maybe motherboards too, so they’d be over strength if they bought more prebuilts. So now they have to go off economy if they want to get those computers working again or deal with the hassle of turning in the old equipment, waiting for it to fall off the books and then ordering “new” equipment but during that time people wouldn’t be working so you might spend 80k to avoid spending 1M in salaries to avoid waiting to spend 20k.