Spotify in a University Computer Lab?

Hi there, I'm currently working in a university computer lab, and we are interested in fostering a more relaxing atmosphere for our students to study in.  To this end, the possibilty of playing music has been brought up and the discusion has lead to using Spotify as it would be simple for our users to manage. This seems to be kind of a gray area, as we are not playing the music for a commercial purpose such as a bar or restaurant might.  Would anyone have any information on the legality of this sort of usage with Spotify?  If it is not appropriate to use Spotify in this circumstance, could anyone recommend a music solution that our student employees can easily manage?  Thanks! Jack

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You don't mention the configuration of your hard disks - they can also aggravate problems if you don't have a lot of free defragmented space (minimum for success is 30GB - I go for 60GB).
Another PRE8 issue was the auto-analyzer that takes over most of the CPU activity.
You say that your Tech Support have installed all 'updates' - ask them to confirm that this includes the latest graphics and sound drivers from the manufacturers web sites (nVidia in your case for graphics). And the latest Quicktime player.
And do work through the article Bill referenced.
I'd also be inclined to query with your IT suppliers why, for new HP machines, they provided an out of date version of PRE. PRE10 has been out since 19th September 2011. And, assuming you procured educational licenses, I'm surprised that's not the version you received.
Maybe, to alleviate the frustration of both tutor and students, you could teach some basic principles with something like Windows Movie Maker.
Also download the PRE10 Trial version and see how that works on your systems.
Cheers,
Neale
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