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We wouldn't have an issue with you adding your own machines to the domain using your own credentials, but if applications don't work etc after you've messed about with the PCs (depending on how long it took us to fix the issue), there may be a charge involved.
 
sideways14a said:
Currently we are using HP for one of the unis i support and Dell for another.
But over the years they have flip flopped along with Lenovo being in the mix.

So i have a mix of boxes, all pretty much the same internals.
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Interesting, how do the HP's gold up? Lenovo is pretty much our standard now after the Dell price hikes. Bit peeved they didn't bring out the E480 earlier though.
 
james.miller said:
I disagree re: SSDs. Next to boot times, general windows environment is where they make the biggest (and the most important) difference. Ssds can breath new life in to tired old desktops.
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Rilot said:
SSDs make an enormous difference to tired, old, PCs. We've still got a few Core 2s kicking around in my work but with 120GB SSDs they are acceptable for general usage.
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I watched a guy at work the other day, who has an older desktop and probably doesn't care, play a game on his phone while waiting for his PC to boot. This took something like 5 minutes to get going...I couldn't believe it. Mine is on within seconds.
 
I have been very happy with this years hp elitedesk 800G3 boxes and e233 monitors, not had any problems with the ones i have received so far although to be fair i have only taken in about 20 as its not a big year for me changing out the pc manifest...
There will be several more g3s come in over the next 6 months, just putting in an order for another 10 or so.
 
james.miller said:
I disagree re: SSDs. Next to boot times, general windows environment is where they make the biggest (and the most important) difference. Ssds can breath new life in to tired old desktops.
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totally. even in low spec RAM PCs where you want to avoid a 64 bit upgrade for a couple of years it can make them surprisingly sprightly
 
You'll wanna make sure all your old apps run on the new OS happily too. You could have ancient access dbs or excel sheets with hard coded paths in VBA code etc that might freak out.

Get one machine and get everything installed on it and signed off by the other users.
 
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