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I brought a Dell Mini 9 with a 4GB miniPCI SSD . It's been working great, no noise or heat. However, one should avoid using hibernation or a swap file as SSDs only support a limited number of write operations, even with something called TRIM. And if you have an Intel SSD or am thinking of getting one and using it with Windows 7, you might want to
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It's simple. If you have Vista, upgrade to Windows 7. If you have XP, *seriously* consider Windows 7. There's a cost in training, getting new equipment, and a learning curve, but much better in terms of security, features, maintenance, and support. Productivity should also go up. Also, if you have people in the field with Win7 and Server 2008
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"The odd requirement the customer service agent said was that the address on the sheet had to match our business address. I consider it odd as I have never come across that in the 25 years of doing business." I've seen that requirement before. It's one way to reduce fraud by assuring that purchases are not misdirected (to someone's
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Windows Server 2008 R2 will have DirectAccess and BranchCache. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_7#Management_features
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smfdoc, how did you manage to post before you had even joined? :)
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I use the TechSoup price versus the retail prices to indicate the level of savings and how much easier it is to do things that they might not have considered otherwise due to cost.
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Take a look at http://www.recycles.org/ I was their Tucson representative.
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You can also consider the Sun server offering. You'll need to purchase Windows XP or Vista from here; however, the specs are much higher than the RCI machines and they're only $225 each.
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"Two internal low-profile eight-lane PCIe slots."
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I've mentioned this to the boss since we were planning to get a new server setup anyways. I also mentioned it to a techie brother who immediately wanted one. I think it's a great deal. However, I'm a bit concerned about the service plans as I have not been able to find out the actual prices for them. I'm also curious if the SAS drives