A 'hidden cost' of being a pro Locked

So you want to be a pro, you love taking pictures, right? Got a passion for it do ya?
How do you feel about computers, data and such?

It's computer upgrade time. My main editing computer is a bit over 4 years old and LR keeps advancing. Add to the fact my kids' computer died and it's a 'perfect storm' of opportunity to upgrade my computer and give the old box to them.
Step one was finding and getting the new computer. Costco had a good deal on a ZT Systems unit. i7 quadcore, 16gb ram, 2Tb drive, can run dual monitors, card reader. I have monitors so that's good to go.
Fine print - they build them so it can take 2-3 weeks for it to arrive. Wait and do noting.
It arrives - so spend time here and there installing software and updates - LR, PS, fotofusion, firefox, FTP software, ProSelect, color calibration software and a number of other things.

Find all the necessary serial numbers, activate, update them, etc. All this took over a week doing bits here and there and getting my actual work done so that I can make the move from one computer to the other.
Backup ALL my data and STOP ALL WORK - don't want to edit pics on the 'wrong' computer and not have those files on the new one. Copying of 1.2Tb of data to a backup drive takes a while. I then had to copy that data onto the new computer. Actually, I copied to a drive and installed that drive in the new computer.
With one small hiccup...it has 6 SATA ports, 2 used (C drive and the DVD). Of the 4 open ports only 1 works...bad motherboard. But it took 2 days, reading the manual and getting into BIOS (which sees the drive) and Windows 8 (totally new to me) which doesn't see the drives, on the phone with tech support A, B and C and then warranty A and B....ZT has been great and quick to answer teh phone and call back - but still it's been 3 or 4 days of back and forth. A new MOBO is enroute...so middle of next week I get to swap it out and hopefully all goes well (done it before so no great shakes I hope).
OK, since I have a working computer today i plan to move the box into position. Wait..I need to get things shared on the network and copy over a few things from drive C to C - like lightroom catalogs.... Well, it's been 4 hours of drag, drop and wait...and I'm only copying over 1012/13 weddings, seniors, ports and misc - no sports leagues and nothing of previous years. Over a 1Gb network too.
After this I'll move the box and give dual monitors a go...see what I run into there, and calibrate them. An easy couple of hours I hope.
The point of all this is it's been nearly 5 weeks since I ordered a new computer - and I've spent 3 1/2 days this week doing nothing but data transfer and hardware troubleshooting, with a day to go, plus the time to swap and check the new MOBO next week.
This will easily be a full week of my time - that NOBODY pays for. I can't be editing, shooting, marketing or selling this entire week.
Of course i could probably have paid someone to do this work for me - but at what cost? I'd have to use this time to earn the money to pay them - and pay me too or i'd still have worked for free for a week.
This is one reason my 'office' computer hasn't been upgraded

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