Thin Client TCO Calculator — Ferroque Systems

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Deployment

Number of endpoints

Thin client OS

Hardware

Windows device cost

Windows — replace every

3 yrs

Annual hardware cost: —/device

Reuse existing hardware for thin client

Thin client hardware cost: $0 — no new purchase

Thin client — replace every

5 yrs

Thin client OS extends usable device life — affects multi-year fleet totals

Hardware warranty

Annual cost per seat — applied to both Windows and thin client

Windows OS Licensing

Windows OS included in M365 / EA

Help Desk & Support Labour

Labour cost (per seat/yr)

Imaging, OS issues, agent conflicts, tickets

Reduction on thin client

65%

Read-only OS typically drives 60–80% fewer support tickets

Other Overhead

Disposal & lifecycle ops (per seat/yr)

Scales proportionally with refresh cycle on thin client

Agents & Tooling

Agent / Tool	Cost/seat/yr	Elim.?

Windows / seat / yr

—

Thin client / seat / yr

—

Saving / seat / yr

—

Fleet saving

—

Windows

—

Thin client

—

— reduction in per-seat cost

Windows breakdown

Thin client breakdown

Fleet savings at a glance

	1-Year	3-Year	5-Year
Per seat	—	—	—
Fleet	—	—	—
% reduction	—	—	—

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All figures shown in $. Assumptions based on industry benchmarks — adjust inputs for your specific environment.

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