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Are these going to be running Linux then, because if you're going to be running Microsoft Windows through a volume license agreement you will need to buy them with an OEM version of Windows. The only other option is if you have a full retail version of Windows, all Microsoft Volume Licenses are classed as upgrades.

Clarke Shh Air are very quiet, but they obviously come at a bit of a premium price.

I would say my Canon EOS 450D DSLR. I'm not that great at photography but the immense satisfaction when you do get a great shot is so rewarding. It's the one piece of technology I like using in my down time to relax.

HP Procurve support was excellent but has rapidly gone downhill over the years. For their PC's including their business kit it's rubbish, I have yet to actually contact HP support without them claiming the product is out of warranty when we've bought an extended warranty with it and yes we have registered the warranty with HP and had an email confirming it. Their response times are rubbish, they deliberately send engineers out with either no spare part or the wrong spare part and then you have to wait days for the correct part. I also have a server which they claim has no fault, but is so noisy you literally have to wear ear defenders when you go in the server room. So no, for us HP support is rubbish, but ymmv.

That's a shame, not so bothered about the 'trial' software but will really miss the priority support through the forums, got some great support through that, much better than the telephone support.

I like the Lenovo kit as well, bit ugly but it's pretty solid, no idea what their support is like as I've never had to use it in the 2 years since we bought some Lenovo kit. Happy with Dell stuff as well, only ones I really dislike and have to be substantially cheaper than the rest to consider is HP, their support is shocking. Very PC stuff looks very interesting and came a very close second to Dell when we were making the decision on what to go for.

We've just bought a load of Dell, they do seem to be the supplier with very sharp pencils at the moment, got a cracking deal for a load of 3011 all in ones. Speak directly with your edu account manager, don't bother with the Premiere pages and liberally drop in the following at random points in the conversation - HP, Lenovo. If you do that you'll get prices well below the edu best prices on the Premiere page.

Of course July will be hot, just when we're lugging PC's around and doing all the cleaning etc. By August when us lot finish it'll be hissing it down:mad:

Just looking at this compressor, did you end up getting it? Does it work ok and how noisy is it?

We abandoned hard glass quite a few years ago, we found we were getting more hard glass screens damaged than normal screens due to the glass shattering, so just stick to normal monitors now. We're just getting in a load of Dell 3011 all in ones, they were actually cheaper than desktops + monitor.

There are some going in Kirklees, have a look on the employment section at Kirklees Council, serving Batley, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Holmfirth

I think Webber has made a good move there, he doesn't seem happy with the direction F1 is going with the tyres etc and has a new challenge with Porsche in endurance cars. I have to say, since the new tyres, DRS and Kers etc I've become less and less interested in F1, I much preferred it with fuel stops and tyres they could race on rather than having to manage them. I watched Le Mans at the weekend and really enjoyed it, the cars are basically doing a 24 hour sprint now and really push it. Watching the in car footage from the LMS P1 cars at night was just mind blowing and pretty scary, full respect to all the drivers in that race. It's a shame though that the race was overshadowed by the death of Allan Simonsen.

As well as preventing unwanted pregnancy, male dogs can smell female dogs in season from over a mile away, which some complete males are fine with, others it causes them to get extremely stressed with a strong natural urge to get to the female dog on heat. This can mean they get destructive in the house, try to escape from the garden or run off on walks. If they escape they are so focused on getting to the dog on heat that they will ignore any recall commands and also their surroundings, so they'll do things like run across a busy roads etc. Also, there are far too many dogs in this country already, you just have to look at the figures for the number of dogs put down by rescues to see it is a massive problem. I would also say that female dogs should also be neutered as it helps prevent the stress caused to male dogs and also further prevents unwanted pregnancy. If you want a Siberian Husky puppy, please ensure you get it from a reputable breeder and you need to see the paperwork for all the health tests have been done for both the sire and the dam. For that breed both should have elbow and hip scores and also DNA tests for Progressive Retinal Atrophy and GM1-gangliosidosis. You should also see both parents to ensure they have a good temperament. If you can't tick all these boxes then walk away. Yes you will find puppies from good breeders are more expensive, but that is because they care for the breed and are ensuring they breed from healthy parents and doing their best to stamp out inheritable conditions. Getting the right puppy at the start may cost more, but you're likely to have less ongoing health problems and a dog with a better temperament. Another thing to watch out for is there are some companies that have set up online registration for dogs and try to fool people into thinking they are Kennel Club registered, so check the certificate is actually from the Kennel Club and also go onto the KC website and check the registration of both parents.

Are they saving directly onto the server, if they are then get them to save the file locally and then copy up to the network.

First off, little bit of a rant:) There is no such thing as dogs 'dominating' the household, they are either badly trained, have anxiety issues or are just bored and play up. The Cesar Millan is total rubbish, it's all based on some research done on wolves in captivity where wolves had been mixed up from different packs and so there was inter pack fighting just as there would be in two wolf packs in the wild met. When the research was redone on wolves from the same pack, there was no attempts at 'dominance', they all socialised and operated as a family unit. Plus we are dealing with dogs, not wolves, who over the many hundreds of years have been bred to be human companions and domesticated. The 'dominance' theory may work in the short term, but you end up with a dog that is unstable in the long term. Anyway, rant over:p The two breeds you have mentioned are both difficult to train and need lots of exercise, but when trained and properly socialised they are great dogs. They are also not suitable if you have other small pets, they will chase them. If these are the first time you've had these breeds of dogs then I would really recommend you do some research and find a trainer who has experience of training these dogs as they can be a complete nightmare if not trained properly. If the trainer mentions 'dominance', 'dog whisperer' or 'Cesar Millan' as their basis for training then run a mile, you want someone who uses positive reinforcement. There are also a lot of these breeds in rescue as they've become a trendy breed and when they end up with a dog trashing the house and being aggressive because they haven't put in the effort to train or exercise them properly then the dog gets blamed and off to a rescue it goes. The only problem is they do come with baggage that has to be trained out, which takes a lot of commitment and time, but is highly rewarding:)

Have a look here Group Policy It really is something you need to sit down and learn as it is one of your main tools for managing a network and you'll be struggling to tame your network without it.

Decided to start going through The Sopranos again, forgotten how brilliant a series it is and what an amazing actor James Gandolfini was in it.

You don't get an immediate return on thin clients as you require the server infrastructure to support them, the saving comes in that they last longer than a desktop, but even then desktop lifespans can be extended to quite a long time these days so I don't see much return on doing that. The other problem is if you have a dedicated bookable room without it being a permanent base for a specific teacher then no one takes ownership of it and the equipment gets trashed very quickly. You could look at laptops, or tablets and the wireless infrastructure to go with it, but again laptops don't tend to last as long as desktops and tablets may be a problem with most of them not supporting flash.

PCWorld Business, yes I will go and break all my fingers for typing that.

Mainly Dell but with two HP servers, switch the HP servers off and the whole rack of Dell kit emits just a gentle hum, turn the two HP servers on and you need ear defenders to go in there from the fan noise. HP support reckon this is normal:rolleyes: We had one hard drive fail on the Dell kit, phoned support and a replacement was with us in under 2 hours. HP, phone them up, claim server is out of warranty, have to dig out purchase invoice with the extended warranty (yes this had been registered with them), phone them back, get passed from pillar to post, engineer comes out next day without a replacement part, wait over a week for replacement part and engineer, wrong part, wait 3 more days and they finally fix it.

Nope, it's the total RAM in the server, if you're going to use a second server for resilience then you will want vcenter, which is in the essentials or essentials plus packs. The plus pack gives much better resilience as it has High Availability and vmotion included, another part which would be useful for you is that it include storage appliance which allows you to use local storage as shared storage. VMware really is a piece of cake to set up, much easier than Hyper V 2012, but I would use Hyper V 2012 in your situation unless you can afford VMware essentials plus. The only thing I would say about virtualisation solutions outside VMware and Hyper V is that these two are by far the market leaders in the small medium business area, so you will find it much easier and cheaper to get help and support on these two than other virtualisation solutions and if you left the school, then it will be much easier to replace you with someone who has experience of these.

Disadvantage is it won't run on your server as you have too much RAM, max it supports is 32gb. It will work for a while in eval mode and then stop unless you buy a license for it. Your cheapest option would be to buy VMWare essentials. Personally I would've bought 2 lower spec servers so you have some redundancy. You could also look at using Server 2012 Hyper-V which is actually pretty good now, much better than the 2008 versions. If your DC is on 2008R2 or lower, I would strongly recommend upgrading that to 2012 as that has much better support for virtualised DCs.

Moodle would do it, may be a bit ott as it's a full VLE, but it's pretty straight forward to set up if you just want to stick a load of SCORM content on.

It depends on the contract agreement used by the supplier at time of purchase. The agreement may have exclusion clauses limiting your rights, if it doesn't then to a certain extent consumer law applies, if it does then you may have a claim under Unfair Contacts Law. So basically push it with the supplier and if they won't budge then you either write it off as a bad experience and don't buy from them again, or get lawyers involved which obviously has cost implications.

So sad to here that one of my favorite authors has died, loved his work especially the Culture series.