Using "home" branded microsoft products for business uses..

SidewinderINC · 19-01-2011, 21:51

Hi All,

Got a few quick questions regarding (very) small business computers.

My girlfriends dad runs his own limited company as a surveyor and needs to upgrade his computer as his current one is pretty slow.
He's spoken to me about it but as I'm pretty out of the loop I said I'd have to look into it.

He has a colleague that has told him a few things that I think are BS (due to the fact his colleague said you NEED an HDMI monitor & cable to run high resolutions) but not 100% sure on which are;

1. MS office 2003 will NOT work with windows 7.

2. if you're using the computer for business purposes, even if it's only 2 people using it, you have to have professional/business software licences for MS stuff.

3. If you want to run a program in "XP mode" you have to have an i3 or i5 processor and >4GB ram.

He's looked on a few dodgy sites relating to building your own spec PC, which I've shooed him away from as he knows nothing about the hardware so was randomly clicking buttons that he thought were right.

ideally I want to get a complete unit from somewhere, with a good warranty and support if I can't get there (Read: get annoyed and refuse to help) to help him out .

Can anyone help me with the above, and possibly help me with getting him a new machine

Cheers

Sinc.

19-01-2011, 21:51	#1
SidewinderINC Joey Tempest Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Gravesend. Posts: 2,751	Using "home" branded microsoft products for business uses.. Hi All, Got a few quick questions regarding (very) small business computers. My girlfriends dad runs his own limited company as a surveyor and needs to upgrade his computer as his current one is pretty slow. He's spoken to me about it but as I'm pretty out of the loop I said I'd have to look into it. He has a colleague that has told him a few things that I think are BS (due to the fact his colleague said you NEED an HDMI monitor & cable to run high resolutions) but not 100% sure on which are; 1. MS office 2003 will NOT work with windows 7. 2. if you're using the computer for business purposes, even if it's only 2 people using it, you have to have professional/business software licences for MS stuff. 3. If you want to run a program in "XP mode" you have to have an i3 or i5 processor and >4GB ram. He's looked on a few dodgy sites relating to building your own spec PC, which I've shooed him away from as he knows nothing about the hardware so was randomly clicking buttons that he thought were right. ideally I want to get a complete unit from somewhere, with a good warranty and support if I can't get there (Read: get annoyed and refuse to help) to help him out . Can anyone help me with the above, and possibly help me with getting him a new machine Cheers Sinc. __________________ No Sig.