on 3-14-2008 9:43 AM Therese Trudeau spake the following:
Explain your definition of a mission critical desktop. Does the entire enterprise stop functioning if this desktop stops? I am THE tech support for my company, but my desktop could die right now, and although I would be heartbroken and a little peeved, I could just fire up my lappy and get back to work in a few minutes. I usually have 2 desktops running, just in case I need to put out fires while my main desktop is doing the windows reboot dance.If my linux machine stops functioning it'snot as bad as the windows box going off line, but it still takes a day or two to get things back on line with the linux box with all the software I installed on it.If the windows machine stops functioning, then yes it's a pain, it's at least two days by the time I get back up and running because much of my work is graphic designand that's where all my adobe stuff is loaded on, and it takes a long time to get the OS re instlled, then grabbing my data, and re installing many manysoftware applications etc. Because I am a one person company I just don't have time to spend days getting a machine back on line, and it's happened more than once. An hour or twohowever to get things runing again would not harm my work flow that much.
I believe that the Adobe products will let you have it installed on another machine as long as you only use one at a time. Might be worth it to just break down and get a cheaper system as a backup, with everything installed, and if your main machine goes down, just power up the backup machine. It might be a little slower, but you can still function and get work done as you fix/replace the main machine. $1000 US for a capable machine will seem like a sting at first, but you can justify it the first time you need it. And an occasional boot to keep OS and virus scanners current will give you a chance to make sure it is functioning.
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