Just looking for some advice on what sorts of new machines to upgrade to. I have 5 to 6 yr old PC's all running Windows XP, in a server-client arrangement in a small office. I have good on-call IT support when I really need it but we're a small practice and I can do most things myself. It's time to upgrade most of my client machines in patient rooms and at the nurse's station and instead of trying to put in new hard drives and upgrade RAM, etc in order to try and save a few hundred dollars (as some on these boards have indicated they are doing), I'm going to spend a few thousand dollars and buy new. I have 9 machines to upgrade and plan to do 3 or 4 a month until I'm done.
I'm not thrilled about Windows 8, mainly due to the confusing interface. I've read other threads here suggesting that the newest version DOES boot to the desktop, which would be a big improvement for me. True?
Also, anyone care to comment on whether you've used the Windows 8 touchscreen functionality with Amazing Charts? Is it useable and/or worth it? It would be a lot cheaper to keep my current monitors and just buy the new towers, letting the touch screen thing go. I have a brand-new upgraded server and all I will be using these new machines for is as clients to pull down from the database on my server. So I don't need anything more than the basics if I buy new. Or perhaps I should just have someone build new machines to spec and install Windows 7 instead?
Thanks a lot for any insights you folks care to offer.
Jim
