Home Forums Discussions General Discussion New to AC, need PMS for new office. HELP!

Whooooaaaa! Ok, Vanessa, give us the run down. OH, sorry WELCOME TO THE AC USERS BOARD! And welcome aboard.(oops. pun)

So, tell us what you are trying to do. Your specialty/practice type. Some of us here actually have technical backgrounds. Mine is VERY VERY outdated, but I can still multiply, divide and do simple integrations. So you can get some ideas from us. Hockey and Dr. Vinney seem to me more uptodate than me though.

Depending on what you are going to do and what software you use you may not really need a server (server=big pc w/special software to rule the network). But w/ 5 desktops maybe you will. That means you'll need someone who knows how to keep that puppy running. You may be able to get away with a peer-to-peer setup. Get in medium pc w/o special rule the network software and have a basically "every man for himself" network. Not as bad as it sounds. We have 2 desktops and 3 laptops and this works for us. We want to get another desktop to act as a dedicated "server" even though it would still be the same setup. This is less expensive than the LAN. The only costs are the computer and the routers.