DMartin Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 Hi Edugeekers & Geekettes, If you had £500 to spend before the powers that be take your "toy" budget away what would you buy? Unfortunately it just needs to be relevant to an IT technician job role.
witch Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) Set of decent tools including hex keys, spanners, soldering iron and the like- Decent storage bag for said tools. Corporate "IT Support" clothing with hoody or fleece Edited May 20, 2014 by witch
DMartin Posted May 20, 2014 Author Posted May 20, 2014 We have new tools en-route with a fancy carry case, network tester is already en-route but an air-compressor might be very useful indeed! Good work!
DMartin Posted May 20, 2014 Author Posted May 20, 2014 Nope 100% serious about left over budget, we just brought ourselves new tablets and tools, we don't need work wear and training is already provided (along with any materials needed)
Tesla Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 Nope 100% serious about left over budget, we just brought ourselves new tablets and tools, we don't need work wear and training is already provided (along with any materials needed) what is this magical place you speak of???
witch Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 Nope 100% serious about left over budget, we just brought ourselves new tablets and tools, we don't need work wear and training is already provided (along with any materials needed) I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU....aaaannd breathe..... 3
hallb15 Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 A decent backup solution. You can never have too good a backup!
Norphy Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) You're not going to get much of a backup solution for £500 Some new furniture? Some nice monitors? A fancy shamncy keyboard and mouse? Edited May 20, 2014 by Norphy
TechMonkey Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 If you ahve dual monitors how about a couple of ergoflex monitor arms? Would allow you to swing your monitors to any angle. Can be very useful.
Edu-IT Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 You're not going to get much of a backup solution for £500 Some new furniture? Some nice monitors? A fancy shamncy keyboard and mouse?Disagree. Got quite a good solution coming for around that.
3s-gtech Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 A stonking great monitor LG 29EA73-P 29" UltraWide IPS DVI HDMI Monitor | Ebuyer.com
abillybob Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 I just got ordered a new MacBook Pro I felt like since all the teachers are getting shiny shiny I'd quite like one also. This was because we had left over budget too, god knows how the amount we have purchased!
DMartin Posted May 20, 2014 Author Posted May 20, 2014 Backups are performed off site so no need to worry about that, This magical place is a University (I wont say which one though haha) Funny you should mention ergoflex arms, we are currently in the process of having a new office made for us (with all new furniture) one of my (many) requests is a set of ergoflex arms so that'll be brought from a different budget. A new big monitor would be awesome but I think it'll need to be something the whole team can use. How hard can it be to spend money on something justifiable! Ha!
localzuk Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 Nope 100% serious about left over budget, we just brought ourselves new tablets and tools, we don't need work wear and training is already provided (along with any materials needed) I am shortly going to have to justify why we need an USB gender changer... I wish I lived in a world where I had a budget, let alone left over budget!! 2
DMartin Posted May 20, 2014 Author Posted May 20, 2014 I love my macbook pro, I have last years model but its still blisteringly fast! Us techies need to be at least one step ahead of the shiny shiny teachers
cpjitservices Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 Monitors are real cheap nowadays... the Zoostorm PC's arnt bad either. Or you could get a monitor and one of the HP servers for testing things on like VMWare or such like.
cpjitservices Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 One o' these.... For Test & Training! HP ProLiant ML110 G7 E3-1220 Server | Ebuyer.com
localzuk Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 I'd recommend getting a refurb HP Workstation from ICT-Direct instead of a microserver... More bang for your buck! http://www.ict-direct.co.uk/computers/high-spec-workstations/hp-9.html - - - Updated - - - I'd recommend getting a refurb HP Workstation from ICT-Direct instead of a microserver... More bang for your buck! http://www.ict-direct.co.uk/computers/high-spec-workstations/hp-9.html 1
DMartin Posted May 20, 2014 Author Posted May 20, 2014 I have a HP Z420 server under my desk that serves as my test server for various bits.
DMartin Posted May 20, 2014 Author Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) I'll see if I can buy an xbox one for team building Edited May 21, 2014 by witch 2
HTCPCP Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 For the equipment side of things, your own set of ladders is always useful (just make sure you clearly mark them as NETWORK or they go walkies... Everyone knows IT also need DVD Duplicators, can be really useful, similarly if you make DVDs you need to be able to print on them too! On a serious note, if you have the money, have you colour coded your cabinets yet And by that I mean a different colour for each room? Can save hours and hours of needless stress when something goes down later on! Similarly the Dymo label printers are really useful and so are batteries. 1
Joanne Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) ill see if I can buy an xbox one for team building You mean PS4? - - - Updated - - - Edited May 21, 2014 by witch
fiza Posted May 21, 2014 Posted May 21, 2014 Network testeriser! We have new tools en-route with a fancy carry case, network tester is already en-route but an air-compressor might be very useful indeed! Good work! what kind of network tester do you guys recommend?
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