Laziness. And the 'stand still aint broke dont touch it' local govt attitude. The same as still pushing IE6......
They hide behind 'r+d' and implementation costs etc but Virtualisation makes it so damn easy these days.....
Most of my comments on this subject are very very cynical btw....not really for a public forum
HCC will never go to OpenOffice. We asked and they said it wasn't 'on the roadmap'. They still push out Office 2000 ffs.
Don't get me started on HCC and IT Services......
Netbook is usually 10'' screen with a lower spec and just really for browsing the internet(porn)
Notebook is a normal laptop. Some great deals out there at the moment, check http://www.hotukdeals.co.uk and see what's about
Sata/ide to USB cable and plug in the old hdd to any p.c and format?
Or put in an external drive?
Or easier option is to download and use this- http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-815-hdd-low-level-format-tool
Works on the fly