IT savings at issue with upgrades to Vista

03.11.2006

In addition, many companies already use third-party security and image management software with Windows XP, he said. With all those factors in mind, Silver thinks that only in the most aggressive scenarios, such as companies that upgrade unmanaged XP systems to well-managed Vista ones, will IT managers be able to realize annual savings of about $200 per PC.

And that excludes some migration costs and the price of software licenses, said Silver.