If (and I mean IF) it was possible to actually "transfer" reliably both programs/installs and all data/settings, then it could make some (very little anyway) se

If (and I mean IF) it was possible to actually "transfer" reliably both programs/installs and all data/settings, then it could make some (very little anyway) sense in some edge cases. But - unless I missed something - the procedure of transferring programs and data - besides being unreliable - takes lots of time, hours or more often days, so besides the cost of the new hardware you have to calculate the cost of the IT personnel and also the reduced productivity (and often frustration) of your employees that will spend some time, every day for several days to "fine tune" the settings on the new machine as they already had on the old machine.