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Is anyone else looking at the Microsoft Multipoint server? I saw it mentioned in a Tech Soup email about a month ago, and now I see a number of people actually selling it. For example, Tiger Direct has a deal for a HP ms6000 workstation plus 6 HP WB216AT thin clients for $1549.99. There is a note that it does not include a COA for the Multipoint software, but we can license it through Tech Soup for $28 + something less than $10 for CALs for each station. They also have a similar product with four workstations for @1229.99 but this one has a note that it does come with one Microsoft COA. Open up www.tigerdirect.com and search for item number H24-MS6001 for the 6/7 station package or H24-MS4003 for the 4/5 station package. One thing I've discovered, you MUST install a volume licensed version of office on the machine for it to work. That is not a problem for Hailey Public Library since we already use volume licenses for the Office software on our public computers, and I do have Office 2007 available, and I think I can still upgrade to 2010 via Tech Soup. Rick