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Are the computers in your practice ready for Windows 7?  You are most likely still running Windows XP because  your practice management and digital radiography software/hardware was not compatible with Vista.

Now is a good time to look at some computer upgrades and prepare yourself for Windows 7. A good way to start this process is to look at refurbished equipment. While many of the top manufactures offer refurbished equipment none do it better than Dell. To help you get started we are including a few links and couple of newly minted coupon codes, but you better hurry the deals and codes won’t last forever.

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10% off coupon on all refurbished PowerEdge Servers
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15% off coupon on all refurbished Laser Printers
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15% off coupon on all refurbished Latitude and Tablet laptops
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Just enter these codes in your cart to save your practice some money, and don’t forget that all refurbished equipment comes with the same warranty and support as new equipment. You can also follow them on Twitter.

It looks like DataViz the maker of Documents to Go has made good on a promise to release an iPhone version that can create and edit Excel spreadsheets. This new update brings compatibility with standard (.xls) and Excel 2007/2008 (.xlsx) document types.

Documents To Go is an all-in-one application with support for Microsoft® Word, Excel & PowerPoint, PDF, Apple iWork and other files. It includes a desktop application (Win and Mac) to provide 2-way file synchronization and a version with support for attachments is also available for Microsoft Exchange e-mail users who need to send, receive and edit attachments on the iPhone.

MICROSOFT EXCEL EDITING

• View, edit & create Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx) spreadsheets
• Supports password protected Excel 97-2004 spreadsheets
• Cut/Copy/Paste
• Cell formatting: fonts, Bold, Italic, Underline, alignment, cell shading, text color
• Number formatting: general, number, scientific, currency, percent, text, date & time
• View & edit in both Portrait and Landscape
• Full screen view
• Insert/delete rows & columns
• Resize/hide/unhide rows & columns
• Rename/insert/delete sheets
• Supports multiple worksheets
• Multiple Undo/Redo
• Find/Find Next

Documents to Go is available in two versions from the iPhone App Store. The basic version is $9.99 and if you want to edit and attach files using Microsoft Exchange you will need the Exchange version for $14.99.

Dental practices that have made the leap to Apple hardware and are running a copy of Windows XP in a virtual machine, things are going to get a little brighter. VMware the maker of Fusion for Mac announced today the availability of version 3.0 with Snow Leopard Support.

Highlights include:

• Optimized for Snow Leopard. Built from the ground up for the Mac, VMware Fusion 3 leverages Mac OS X Snow Leopard’s advanced architecture with a new 64-bit core engine and native support for the 64-bit kernel, delivering even better Windows on Mac performance.
  Ultimate Windows 7 Experience.  VMware Fusion 3 will be the first to enable the full Windows 7 experience, side-by-side with your Mac, complete with Windows Aero and Flip 3D.
• Switching Made Easy. VMware Fusion 3 will make it easy for users to bring their entire PC to their Mac in a few easy steps – wirelessly or with a simple Ethernet cable – allowing customers to protect investments in existing Windows software, and to keep using the programs they still need.
• Best-in-Class 3D Graphics. Support for OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 9.0c Shader Model 3 will enable users to run their favorite 3D Windows games and applications – all without rebooting.

VMware Fusion 3 is now available for pre-order at at vmware.com/fusion at a suggested price of $79.99, with upgrade pricing of $39.99 available to current VMware Fusion users.