That's *way* too simplistic, IMHO. Your client needs to look at the big picture and figure out the payback period of an app in toto. In a lot of cases it's *very* easy to justify box replacement.

>I have to agree here. If an application does not run on the client's LCD (not Least Common Denominator; my acronym for Least Capable Desktop) then it's useless. I would expect a VFP application to run on any machine with hardware standards and OS from 5 years back.
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>>>Yeah, these poor 1.75gHz computers are sure being over worked. Keep in mind we're talking about VFP8, maybe 9, 10 here. I woudln't expect VFP7 to run on 486s, I wouldn't expect VFP9 to run on P2s. Look at the CLR, even the variabels are objects there.
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>>Hang on a minute. There's what we have on our desks (and actually, I'm typing this message on a PPro/200 <g>) and then, there's what our users have on theirs. I don't know about you, but my clients don't much like the idea of buying new machines when the old ones still work. In the most up-to-date places, users may get a new box every three years, but every five isn't unusual. Also, it's not uncommon for machines to flow downwards, so that a secretary has today the machine her boss used to use.
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>>Tamar