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How to Reuse Old Laptops with Windows MultiPoint Server

Tech Soup

Do you have an old laptop lying around that you're not sure what to do with? Windows MultiPoint Server lets you turn that old laptop into a fully functioning Windows user station – even if the old machine isn't actually up-to-date enough to run current versions of Windows or other software. How does this magic happen?

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Burlington Public Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

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Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. Burlington Public Library was one of our test installation sites. It is a medium-sized library about 60 miles north of Seattle in northern Washington State. Internet connectivity is via a T1 line.

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Back to School in Tanzania with a New Windows Multipoint Server Computer Lab

Tech Soup

Jim walked out of there with four refurbished laptops preloaded with Windows Multipoint Server and 16 NComputing thin clients. software solution that allows one computer to serve several people in a lab, library, or school at very low cost. Interconnection supplied: One refurbished i7 laptop. Three refurbished i5 laptops.

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La Conner Regional Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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La Conner Regional Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud

NTEN

Shortly after the Colorectal Cancer Coalition was incorporated as an organization in March 2005 we hired an admin, bought her a laptop and gave her a desk in a tiny single room office sublet from another organization in Washington, DC. Keep a library of training materials. Which leads me to. Create hubs and extend platforms.

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Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud

NTEN

Shortly after the Colorectal Cancer Coalition was incorporated as an organization in March 2005 we hired an admin, bought her a laptop and gave her a desk in a tiny single room office sublet from another organization in Washington, DC. Keep a library of training materials. Which leads me to. Create hubs and extend platforms.

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