Title: Lesson 1: Discussion
Course: RITA MC - ITNW 1308 > Section: Lesson 1: Evaluating Hardware Readiness and Capability

You are a private computer consultant, and a new client has approached you about upgrading his small business network. The network currently consists of eight Windows XP workstations and a single server running Windows Server 2008 R2. The server is functioning as a domain controller and the eight workstations are members of an Active Directory Domain Services domain. The workstations each have 1 gigabyte of memory and a 1.8-GHzprocessor. The video cards support DirectX 9 and have WDDM drivers available from the manufacturer. Three of the workstations are located in a warehouse across town, while the other five in the main office run Microsoft Office applications almost exclusively. The server is also located in the main office. There have been problems with sluggish performance on the warehouse computers when they attempt to access server files. Which edition of Windows 8.1 would you select for the workstations to provide the features and performance they require? Explain your answer.

You will post your response to this discussion and respond to at least two of your class members posts. If you do not post your response and respond to two of your class members posts you will not receive credit for any of the work in this discussion. Your post must address all points, be clear and well thought out. It must contain at least 50 words to be considered for grading. You will cite a source for each post or comment that you provide. It is great to say that it is your personal opinion, however that opinion was gained by something that you read or saw. You will need to cite that source.

Note: Your discussion board will have two different deadlines. The first deadline is to have your initial post completed that way your class members will have plenty of time to respond to your post. That deadline is always the Tuesday before the posted due date. The second deadline is your reply to two of your class members post. Missing either of these deadlines will result in an immediate zero. This is the guidelines for all discussion boards.