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Thank you for such a quick response CyberNerd! I guess the directx issue would need further testing with our software, particularly video editing, maybe Scratch and Flash too. I love the idea that we could essentially set-up our A level students with their own sandbox, that would be amazing. Many thanks, Richard

Hello folks, Apologies if this should be in the Technical/Virtualisation thread, but I'm also after some non-technical answers, if possible. I'm a head of ICT (ex Network Manager many moons ago - went over to the dark side...) and I'd like to know if anybody has any direct experience on the usability of virtualised clients for the teaching of discrete ICT- i.e. is virtualisation more suited to just basic PC use, e.g. Web browsing, MS office, or can it cope with the full range of software that an ICT department might throw at it, e.g. CS5.5, dev software etc? Does it also give access to the full range of ports on the PC? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I've always preferred the standard 3 yearly upgrade programme for hardware, but this is no longer cost effective at my school and we're seriously considering virtualising. Many thanks, Richard

Thank you Arthur, that's brilliant! I'll point our network manager to your detailed response.

Hello folks, I really want to start using Google's App Inventor in the classroom. The Network Manager at my school says that we won't be able to use it, as batch files are disabled on student logons. The App Inventor emulator is started with a batch file. Does anybody have any experience that might get us around this? Best wishes, Richard