On 3/25/11 6:20 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Paul McNett<[email protected]> wrote: >> On 3/24/11 7:00 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: >>> WIN7 is so much better then that crappy old XP. Get over it and roll >>> with a superior product. >> >> From a business standpoint, with users needing email, browser, Act, Mas90, >> and >> Office, can you really claim that they do their jobs much more effectively >> with Win7 >> versus XP? >> >> From a business standpoint, if it costs them $100 to set up a WinXP system >> versus >> $400 to set up a Win7 system, is the eye-candy really worth the extra >> hardware >> requirements, extra setup time, and extra maintenance time? > ---------------- > > Interesting # difference here, where do you attribute the three > hundred dollar discrepancy? Is is time or materials?
It tends to be my average time getting new Win7 computers from Dell set up to work on our network, with the software and services we need set up. It tended to be $100 back in NT days, $150 in XP days, and now $400 in Win7 days. Installation and maintenance just seems to take that much longer, and I haven't pinpointed exactly why yet. I've only done a few Win7 installations at this point, so maybe I just needed to get standardized on the new platform and now the time required will go down. > I expect that > the OS is on the new workstation. Everyone is back to replacing > hardware these days because what they got in 05,6 and 07 is getting > old and parts are failing. Sure. >> If a truly superior product is desired, I couldn't in good faith recommend a >> Microsoft technology. > --------------- > > We know that you are religious zealot here Paul and that is understood. I try not to be insulting, though. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
