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There are some great standalone CD/DVD duplicator units (no PC required) out there, we got one that can do three discs from one master in one shot, and it takes probably at most 15 mins for a full DVD (most we've done have been about 6 mins). There are models with integrated disc printers, hard drive for storage of popular disc images, etc., more
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Just about any good image program can do a TIFF to JPG conversion. I usually use GIMP for the job, plus GIMP has a bunch of other great features.
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What it meant to us: We use an Ubuntu driven server and our backups are via Unison which uses SSH. When we applied the updated (part of the automatic updates that come in from the Ubuntu repository). it disables any vulnerable SSH keys - which were the clients set up using Unison. So all I had to do was go to each client (Macs) and re-generate the keys
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My top 10 - Ubuntu Linux (and all the goodnees that comes with it): http://www.ubuntu.com/ as far as individual programs - Scribus (DTP goodness): http://www.scribus.net/ - Inkscape (Illustrator like goodness): http://www.inkscape.org/ - Quanta Plus (I'm a web programmer): http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/ - SuperDuper (Macintosh clone/backup, excellent
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one group that has been doing computer recycling is the Alameda County Computer Resource Center in California: http://www.accrc.org/ And even though they try to make sure the computer and technology gets re purposed, they have a lot of struggle to keep going by the powers that be. They link to this current podcast about them: http://current.com/items
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You can get Tiger (10.4) on these machines, but it is on the slow side (make sure you have enough RAM), I would suggest Panther (10.3) a lot less speed issues and no annoying speed/memory hog features (like spotlight, dashboard).
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Last year when I was in Sunnyvale I checked out Wierd Stuff and they had an impressive stock of racks including enclosed cabinets. Thier site is: http://www.weirdstuff.com/sunnyvale/html/index.htm They have some enclosed racks on sale http://www.weirdstuff.com/sunnyvale/html/featured.htm You might want to go to their warehouse and look for yourself
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RE Irish48's POST: > First, does this mean I can load Ubuntu onto my Mac? Yes, though if ytou have an older (PPC) mac there is not current PPC version of Ubuntu, IIRRc 6.10 is the last of the PPC versions to be distributed. > And, if so, doesn't Ubuntu then replace my Mac OS? Yu can set up your PC or Mac to be dual booting where you select the
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Many LCD TVs have PC inputs and can be used in pace of projectors. If you get one 26" or less it should be manageable to cary, and it should not be to hard to setup as a projector (finding a blank wall, etc.) Also the TV could be used at an attended exhibit booth to play videos or whatever and be seen in regular light.
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Fund accounting is a lot more complex than regular accounting, as you have to manage all the sperate pools of money in your contracts/grants. Two I know of at work which are pretty powerful: AccuFund FundWare I know they will handle most of the accounting points but some of the items on your list may be beyond an accounting app. They can be pretty pricy