ACP ThinManager Return on Investment Calculator
Line	Item	Your Case	Pessimistic	Typical	Optimistic	Formulas
A	PC Cost per Year (IT time, upgrades, patches)		$3,000.00	$6,500.00	$10,000.00	A
B	Savings from replacing PC with Thin Client		25%	35%	50%	B
C	Thin Client Saving Per Year					C=A*B
D	Savings Per Client Per Month					D=C/12
E	Number of Thin Clients Deployed		5	50	100	E
F	Cost of ThinManager Seat					F
G	Cost of ThinManager Ready Thin Clients		$800.00	$650.00	$250.00	G
H	Total Cost of each Thin Client					H=F+G
I	Months to Payback					I=H/D
J	Three Year Return on Investment					J
	Instructions:
	Enter the annual PC maintenance cost on Line A
	Add an estimate of the maintenance saving with thin clients on Line B
	Add the number of ThinManager Ready thin clients to be deployed on Line E
	Add the cost of the desired ThinManager Ready thin client on Line G
	The months to recoup the expenditure will be displayed on Line I
	The 3 year ROI calculation (based on a 10% discount rate) is on line J
	J = ROI calculation = (C / (1 + .1) + C / (1 + .1)^2 + C / (1 + .1)^3)/H