The whole assumption of this analysis is pretty much invalid for most legitimate IT shops with a decent PC replacement cycle. We'll replace our systems regardless of the OS factor.
In any case, in my business, I'm already upgrading systems to Windows 7 because of the lowered support costs. In my environment, I've had better performance with Windows 7 and fewer end-user support requests, which easily pays for the slight increase in licensing costs.
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