Sunday, November 2, 2014

Computer replacement plan

I've often struggled with a hard and fast policy for replacing laptops in a business environment.  Some people swear by a 3 year rotation, some go up to 5 years.  Some use equipment until the old equipment wears out.  I've decided that this is what I'm going to recommend to my clients:

Laptops with conventional hard drives - replace after 3 years
Laptops with SSD hard drives - replace after 4 years
Desktops (aggressive) - replace after 4 years
Desktops (conservative) - replace after 5 years

This is as much about likelihood of failure as speed after a certain amount of time.

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