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Quite a while back when we were first working with the transition from Windows XP to Windows 7 on our computers, I worked with doing Flexi 8.1 in XP Mode. In several ways the software worked. I was able to get fonts loaded, the program "ran" and as far as designing, the system seemed to do...

If none of these printers are capable of connecting directly onto the ethernet network, then yes your best bet will probably be putting in a simple desktop computer back there connected to them and sharing out all the printers on your network from that device. Then, all computers in your...

To share files across a network between computers there are several settings that have to be configured on both computers first. This is made a little more complicated in that you have computers with different OS versions. Network: Your computers must all be residing on the same subnet. This...

In reality, there are ways of doing what you're describing but generally no, you don't want to go this route. Windows 7 will need to install certain drivers specific to the computer that it is being installed on. This means if you install Win7 on a computer with one type of chipset, lets say...

1 Petabyte in a 3U is ridiculously awesome! It is amazing the amount of data storage that can be purchased today, as it is just as impressive how much data you can use. I remember four or five years back now when we built our first file server for the sign shop. At that time we put in six 500...

OCZ, Crucial, and several other manufacturers specifically list in their information and FAQ pages that you should not have your operating system solid state drive greater than 80% full capacity. This is because the drive needs extra space to place files in this open space while it goes through...

Have you had a chance to work with Windows 8 before? I've got it running currently on one of our production computers both with a non-touch and a multitouch monitor. There is no getting away from the Metro UI. Yes, there is a standard desktop environment that is very similar to Windows 7 in...

For the price, that seems like a pretty decent combo deal. Definitely not the highest quality of hardware selection, but it's a lot of horsepower for the money. I used to have a computer with this same AMD Phenom II X4 955 processor and it's quite a powerful choice for a budget business...

My vote would be to install Windows 7 and just stick with it. I'm really not very pleased with Windows 8 as it's been completely re-designed for touch input and mobile device interaction which means most desktop users are going to be quite frustrated re-learning the entire computer experience...

Technically yes, if your board supports onboard RAID, you could just put in hard drives and RAID them directly and store directly on your computer. However, this isn't always the best strategy. I recommend offloading. This means take the work and the protection of your stored data out of your...

2CT, how has that Corsair H60 been performing for you? So far we have not used any of those, we've just ordered H80 units when they come up for a promotional discount, but I'm curious how the H60 would compare especially since I can order them through a distributor for about half the cost of...

Ah I apologize, after doing some digging I see that ASRock does list Xeon E3 support on their manufacturer's list for this board. In fact they're about the only one that does have support this way. All chipsets before this did not have compatibility like this because the Xeon processor...

IRST is basically a driver and software system for Intel-based RAID and SATA controllers. You can recognize SATA and RAID drives in Windows 7 without installing IRST drivers and software, but I use it most of the time because it also incorporates a monitoring system for your hard drive health...

Lol no worries Iron, you should be just fine with the Intel system I'm not saying you did anything wrong. In the end, I would have suggested you get the Intel i7 system over the AMD system for your specific work load anyways. Liquid cooling is definitely not a necessity for your computer, but...

One problem with that previous configuration is the mixture of an Intel Xeon class processor with a desktop series chipset and standard desktop non-ECC RAM. That will not work. While yes the Xeon and the motherboard are both LGA 1155, the motherboard is definitely not a business class desktop...

I'm a little lost here in the definition and classification on the high end of some of these devices between NAS and SAN. For instance, for one customer I'm doing research for they are looking into centralized storage and ideally, a cluster environment for a few servers. Doing this of course...

VDI is becoming a huge part of technology strategy for many businesses out there, the problem is that so far it's really been limited performance and only feasible cost-wise if you're looking at virtualizing like fifty or more desktop users. Otherwise, the cost of the licensing and hardware and...

That is pretty great to hear. I've been looking into PCoIP resources and equipment lately too, but did not realize they had products and software separate of VMWare to utilize their protocol. I will have to try and find some information on that, as it's a great option for us to do some...

That is a pretty awesome system, may I ask what you are using for your virtualization set up? Are you running ESXi Hypervisor free, or full paid version, and utilizing VMWare View? Do you have a specialized RAID controller to achieve this compatibility support in your virtualization? The...

Being able to print to your mimaki while still continuing to design depends on your software and computer hardware. In reality you can do this with just about any decent computer out there, but it's not always going to be the most efficient or fun to use unless you get some decent horsepower in...