10/10/2012
Companies are finding that replacing PCs can actually help the bottom line. Here is how…
Research shows significant benefits for end users, which translates as significant downtime reduction and productivity increase. Overall, a new PC helped increase employee productivity by 2.5%, freeing up an additional 51 hours per user, per year—more than one full work week per employee. For an organization with 15 employees whose salaries average $25,000―a savings of more than $9,200 annually.
When comparing Windows 7 with the previously used operating system (typically Windows XP), our research indicates that service desk labor drops by A dramatic 65%, from 5.3 hours per PC per year to 1.9 hours per PC per year. Similarly, PC/OS support costs declines by 55%, from 4.8 hours per PC per year to 2.2 hours per PC per year.
The savings result in 43 additional hours of productivity per year per user when using Windows 7. That amounts to in excess of one full work week per year of productive time.
The return on the investment to deploy new computing systems with Windows 7 can be recognized quickly — in fact, in as little as 7.2 months for the average small business.
