Seth.Larson

This is just a link for the others I know still using office 2003 that have to deal with people assuming absolutely everyone has already upgraded to office 2007.  I have to deal with crap like that fairly frequently and where its an easy fix I don’t think its smart to send things out to a group of 10+ people and assume they all have already upgraded.

Office Compatibility Pack

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

With Mike making his post on potential mATX parts I thought I’d reopen my parts wish list that I made back around christmas.  It has a slightly different goal at this point but same components.

The purpose is would be to get rid of my old(semi-broken) dell optiplex linux desktop, and windows home server(amd 3400+ from around 2005) and consolidate them on a machine nice enough that I could make these VMs,  do work’ish stuff, and play some non cutting edge games.

Now that I’m looking more into server 2008 I will have to confirm what hardware works best with hyper-v though.

One PC to Replace them All:

• RAM: mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB)$45.99
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz$69.99
• Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R$114.99