Lmsgpm2012

Great resource. Thanks

I know we've got a crazy budget for this year so we're trying ot make hte most of it. you never know what budgets will be next year

HP. Used them for all my servers for the last 5 years and never had any problems with them at all.

Most of my other schools were like this. The one I'm at now is a big one and had suffered many years of the previous techies not really doing what they were supposed to. I got to take over, work here full time and turn it round. So far in the last 18 months I've been here I've put in all new servers, new machines in every classroom, new suite of computers, new projectors and whiteboards in every room. This summer we're having our Network Infastructure upgraded. New switches in all cabs, fibre links to all. New Ruckus Wireless. ALso upgrading to WIndows 7 and Office 2010. Also other smaller bits, dual booting all classroom laptops with windows 7 and Linux. SSD's in all teacher computers. Installing SCCM2012. Also anything else that comes up in the mean time.

any of the schools you currently look after big enough to warrant in house tech? that's how I got into my current place. I used to work for a company who supported a number of primary schools. One of those then decided there was enough work for a full time member of staff, I applied and here I am. It is a big primary though - nearly 800 kids and 100 odd staff.

Can't wait for Apple to get it approved. Looks brilliant !

A school I used to work at has a Mac Mini Server, still in it's box, in a cupboard. I worked for a IT Support company at the time. Only did 3 hours a week at the school. The ICT Co-ordinator bought the Mac Mini Server to manage the handful of iMacs they have. I just never had time to set it up. I was always too busy fixing faults in the classroom. The ICT CO-ordinator left, I left to go elsewhere and the last time I heard it was still in it's box not touched.... Crazy.