[Technical] Off Topic - Windows XP and Serv Pack 2 Incompatibility

[Con Zymaris]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 01:06:02PM +1000, Kevin Feely wrote:
> Hi Con,
> Deploying?  - well thats the trick!
> We just bought 65 new machines and the deployment took 2 technicians 
> about 15 days, but this included relocating about 30 others to make way 
> - a domino effect sort of.

Wow. Does this include migration of data?

> Also spread throughout 2 campuses - not just 25 in 2 adjacent rooms - 
> pods, offices, libraries, etc.


> 
> But once their in there and you have an image and maintenance routine 
> could be supported by your FT technician the extra workload i would 
> estimate (assume 3 year onsite warranty) around 2 to 4 hrs per week. 
> Approx 120 hours suppport for a year at $40 per hour = about $4800 ish
> Depending on hostility of environment

This 120 hours is per 50 machines per year? Per machine per year?


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