sorry, that wasn't really meant to be constructive... I would say your 2 hour estimate is right on, or very close.
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:37 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected]>wrote: > Hmm… so you think 4 hours/machine? > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Jeff Brown [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:29 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OT: Time estimate needed > > > > engineers formula: Best educated guess; double that; take to next time > increment = actual time to complete. > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:26 AM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hey, guys… I have a potential customer with 7 laptops he wants rebuilt. > Here’s what he wants: > > > 1 Format Hard Drive [can be done at the same time as #2] > 2 Install Win Xp with Service Pack 2 > 3 Microsoft Office Package [already advised he needs to provide install > media and keys] > 4 AVG Virus Software (Free Lifetime Updates) > 5 Adobe Acrobat (Not sure if he wants Acrobat [non-free] or Adobe Reader > [free]) > 6 Laptop Cleaning of the keyboard, screen and other case. > 7 Diagnostics of the entire system after to check hard, cdsrom, floppy, > etc. > > I figure I can install Windows, Adobe Reader (unless he wants full acrobat, > in which case for licensing purposes, I'll have to install it on each one > separately) and such then create an image of the hard drive and install that > image on the rest. I don't want to overcharge, but I don't want to > short-change myself either. > > My thought was about 2 hours per laptop if I image it, maybe 3 hours if I > have to install on each one individually. How long would you expect it would > take (actual "hands on the keyboard" time) to do this? > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.61/2498 - Release Date: 11/12/09 > 07:38:00 > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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