The new mayor of a Municipality of the Philippines ran into an invoice from the previous administration with which he could not give credit: 10 million filipino pesos (more than 150,000 euros) for 16 outdated computers.
The purchase had been approved and paid for its predecessor, Darwin descent, as reported by the media . “The price is really high, and it has not even been tested whether it works or not, but the former mayor designed immediately,” said the new mayor, Sally A. López.
When examining the more closely acquired lotus, it was discovered that the machines were equipped with Intel processors of 11th generation, “an architecture launched in 2021 and that it is already quite outdated,” as the same medium has remarked.
These are also accompanied by generic components, such as keyboards and input range (a G17 Jedel combo that can be found for less than 5 euros) and monitors of the Fonudar brand, whose prices range between 15 and 70 euros.
According to experts in Tom’s Hardware, which is quoted by the French medium, the price of the components is estimated at about $ 775, about 661 euros. Meanwhile, the real price of the 16 computers should have been about $ 12,400, just over 10,500 euros.
These cifes are far from the 150,000 euros spent by the previous administration.
