Per ray:
No offense here, and yes, I realize it's not what you asked about - but
have you even considered trying a free Linux distribution on any of those
computers?

Way back when I was groping around trying to build myself a
Tivo-On-Steroids, I tried Ubuntu and something called "MythTV".

To make a long story short, it was like having a second job - but
the pay was really bad.

After putting in enough hours that, if I had worked at McDonald's
I could have earned enough for ten Tivos and at least two
sixty-inch plasma TVs, I dumped Myth in favor of now-defunct
SageTV on Windows Home Server box and never looked back.

From what little I know, I would say that Linux definitely has a
role - especially for a box where all somebody does is email, web
browsing, and whatever can be done in Open Office.... and they
have somebody to call if there's a problem.

But I make my living developing for the MS Office Suite - and the
older I get, the fewer brain cells I have to spare... so I
gravitate towards Windows.

I'm one of those who said the wouldn't leave XP until dragged
kicking and screaming....

The reason I'm toying with the notion of going from XP to 7 now
is that the rumor mill is saying that my main customer will make
the move sometime in the next year or so - and since I'll have to
migrate eventually anyhow, it seems like maybe life would be a
little simpler with one OS all around.
--
Pete Cresswell