Connie,
  Take the best of both worlds. Switch to Ideal/Allegro now
and you won't give up any hardware/software support but still
save some bucks for that new/refurbished system some time next year.

                    Bob J. -- Ideal Computer Services
                    http://www.icsgroup.com

Connie Sellitto wrote:
>
> Hi - We have a 937RX running MPEIx 5.5, pp7.  As we all know & lament, this
> is going off HP support next April.  At that time, we plan to transfer our
> Hardware support to a 3rd party - (have bids from several vendors already,
> thanks).
>
> My question is this - since we are not planning to upgrade the OS version
> between now and April, and the system is so stable (hear, hear, HP!),  is
> there any reason to continue HP Software support for the next 6 months?
> Our thoughts were to drop support and apply the savings to a
> new/refurbished system some time next year.
>
> Your feedback, please.
>
> Thanks,
> Connie
>
> Connie Sellitto
> Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc.
> World's Largest Registry of Pedigreed Cats
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