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GOOGLE SCORED a significant win from Microsoft's cutoff of Windows XP support, as the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has begun migrating to Chromebooks and Chromeboxes ahead of the 8 April deadline.
The council had 3,500 Windows XP desktops and 800 Windows XP laptops, but now it is in the process of retiring those machines in favour of around 2,000 Samsung 303Cs Chromebooks and 300 Chromeboxes, mainly for meeting rooms, reception areas and libraries across the borough.
Barking and Dagenham has already rolled out around 350 of these Chromebooks to its staff, and expects to deploy the remaining machines by early June, partly driven by the XP support cut-off date.
It expects to make savings of around £400,000 compared to the cost of upgrading to newer Windows machines from a combination of lower hardware costs, lower support costs and more energy-efficient devices.
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£400,000 is a lot of savings for replacing 3500 Windows XP desktops and 800 Windows XP laptop to Chromebooks instead of Windows 7-8 PCs.
The council had 3,500 Windows XP desktops and 800 Windows XP laptops, but now it is in the process of retiring those machines in favour of around 2,000 Samsung 303Cs Chromebooks and 300 Chromeboxes, mainly for meeting rooms, reception areas and libraries across the borough.
Barking and Dagenham has already rolled out around 350 of these Chromebooks to its staff, and expects to deploy the remaining machines by early June, partly driven by the XP support cut-off date.
It expects to make savings of around £400,000 compared to the cost of upgrading to newer Windows machines from a combination of lower hardware costs, lower support costs and more energy-efficient devices.
Read More
£400,000 is a lot of savings for replacing 3500 Windows XP desktops and 800 Windows XP laptop to Chromebooks instead of Windows 7-8 PCs.