Businesses typically have slightly different demands of their PCs that home users.  Not surprisingly most major hardware vendors market PCs designed specially for business. Regarding laptop PCs, business-grade units are typically more durable, feature better warranties, and often have the ability to “dock” the laptop, which makes it a breeze to connect to monitor(s), keyboard, mouse, and a wired Ethernet ..
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As for server hardware, we highly recommend rack-based units, even if you do not store them in a typical rack enclosure.   The rack form-factor appears to be the de facto  standard once you get to a certain level of power and redundancy, and is therefore usually offers better features and more value than the typical “tower” server. You can save ..
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Tech hardware is a commodity like any other.    Consumers are motivated by low prices, which motivates vendors to supply a plethora of low-priced hardware options.   This is all fine for the typical consumer and a business model where technology is increasingly disposable. Businesses, too, can enjoy low-cost hardware, but should be careful not to pass-up business-grade features and benefits.   Standardizing on “workhorse” ..
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When purchasing software products, there are frequently license options that consumers do not even know exist.   Knowing and understanding the different license types (and associated benefits and/or restrictions)  is key to optimizing any software purchase. Each software vendor is free to devise their license types, and set of rules for how that software may or may not be used.   ..
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Terminal computing doesn’t require much computing power of the clients.    With minimal time investment, your old PCs may be able to be converted into wonderful Remote Desktop terminals. It is probably safe to assume that your old PCs have an obsolete Operating System (OS) that is no longer secure.    So, the first step is to ditch that baggage and get an LTSP server going ..
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