A lot of customer never purchase ready-made Computers because these computers are preconfigurated for the broad mass. A gamer for example has another PC requirements than a normal office worker.
Against this background in internet user find more and more 3D configurators for PCs.
Depending on the Kind of use customer put together their own customized pc variant.
In the following article we would analyze and evaluate some pc configurators from the customer`s point.
As a pioneer in this field the Company Alternate has over 25 years of experience. On the Website of Alternate customer create their own personal Computer.
The configurator enables a choice between different basic components like processor, RAM, optional components like cardreader and services.
It is a very simple solution. But the user must know exactly, which modules and components their wants.
The solution is very clearly structured thus not any problems are expected in the usage of the configurator. But the configurator don`t allows to analyze the requirements of customer. But undecided potential buyers has the option to get support by a hotline.
A another provider is the company CLS Computer:
The user has in a first step the choice between Office- & Multimedia-, Gaming-, CAD– and Silent-Systems. After the choice configurations can be made step-by-step separated for hardware and software.
In the hardware segment the user has an big choice and can choose for example between 9 different processors. Similar big is the choice of mainboards and a lot of more components.
Similar to the alternate configurator the solution from CSL don`t allows to analyze the requirements of customer. Due to the wide selection user can lose the overview. Also this configurator is only suitable for users they have an exactly imagine about their personal Computer.
In the area of software is the selection not so large and is limited to the choice of Windows 10 and the office package of Microsoft. In Addition the user can buy the software Kaspersky.
The usage of the configurator is very simple. Step-by-step the user can create their desire personal computer. In the conception of the configurator missing considerations to analyze the requirements of customer. But potential buyers can get support by email or a Hotline.
At last we analyze the configurator of the supplier Mifcom. The video below presents the Mifcom highlights at the Mifcom 2016:
Also the Mifcom configurator is a step-by-step-solution. The choice is significantly larger compared to CSL or alternate.
The wide selection make the choices very difficult. Especially laypersons will have Problems.
Conclusion: The analysed configurators are very simple to handle. The size of selection distinguish among the 3 supplier.
In the conception of the 3 analysed configurators missing considerations to analyze the requirements of customer. In its present form the configurators are only suitable for users with expert knowledge or completely set ideas.