The computers are Compaq Deskpros (or similar Compaqs), 64 MB RAM, Pent III, 2GB HD, 56K Modem, MS Office Standard Edition. Basic stuff. Some have been upgraded to 128 MB and/or 6 GB HD, but only as service depended on it. They will be upgrading from W95.
The cost of hardware ownership (as those old disks start dying) is increasing.
To upgrade the software, the labor costs of backing up the data files, wiping, installing Win9x junk + re-installing Office + svc packs, restoring files is several $100, and you still have a crappy Win9x OS on ancient, dying hardware to $$support.
Sounds like you'd spend most of $1000 to $1200 per machine on the old crap and still have old crap when you could spend that on a new machine + XP + Office. What's the point?
Len
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