Optimal Refresh Cycle: the Minimum Equivalent Annual Cost
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You calculate, for every possible refresh age, the present value of owning a laptop and its equivalent annual cost, chart the curve and read off the best refresh cycle.
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Lessons in this course
- Asset Register: Age & Warranty Status with DATEDIF and EDATE Locked
- Failure Rates by Age: Repair Tickets per 100 Devices Locked
- TCO per Device per Year: Purchase, Support, Repairs & Downtime Locked
- Optimal Refresh Cycle: the Minimum Equivalent Annual Cost Locked
- Lease vs Buy for Laptops: PV and Equivalent Monthly Cost Locked
- Refresh Budget by Year: Devices Reaching the Refresh Age Locked
- Disposal & Residual Value: Resale, Data Wipe and Recycling Costs Locked
- Sustainability: Extending Laptop Life vs CO2 per Device Locked