I've got a physical server coming next month. Well, 'server' I guess. It's just a desktop tht will be used as a file and print server basically. Almost never used as a workstation. I don't plan on doing anything complicated anytime soon. Everything in our office (including the incoming server) is on XP Pro. I'm not going to buy any dedicated networking software, and probably won't even go to Windows Server 2003 until the next server upgrade which is well over the horizon.
We've nearly reached the limit of physical space in this office for people, so I don't have to worry about expansion beyond maybe 10 total workstations until we move. I think our basic Windows networ isn't the absolute most efficient solution, but it's the cheapest and easiest and does meet our needs, which are print and file sharing and a better data backup solution than we currently have, which is nothing..
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