Before you abandon your trusty Twinax environment in favor of thin clients, or Ethernet Terminals plus PCs, it might be beneficial to consider the following "hidden" costs such a move entails...
| Issue | Outright Expense | Lower Productivity (training/ distractions) | Implementation Effort & Maintenance Costs | Resource Allocation | |||||
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| 1. Purchase new terminals (USD$550 each) |  |
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| 2. Re–record Terminal Macros (10mins–30mins) | |
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| 3. DHCP server requirement | |
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| 4. IP planning | |
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| 5. Citrix? | |
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| 6. Fat Servers? | |
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| 7. Boot up time (Windows takes minutes) | |
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| 8. Software license and maintenance costs | |
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| 9. Re cable? | |
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| 10. Disposal of existing equipment | |
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| 11. Unpacking of new equipment | |
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| 12. Program changes for new infrastructure (e.g. Ethernet Terminal printer emulation does not support out queue naming; writers always autostart) | |
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| 13. Changing from 'Keyboard only' to mouse and smaller keyboard | |
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| 14. Learning curve for employees | |
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| 15. New keyboard objections (any change is cause for complaint) | |
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| 16. Downtime | |
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| 17. Network planning | |
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| 18. Increased complexity of existing PC Network | |
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| 19. Potential IP addressing mistakes | |
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