If you are on a Windows 2008 DC and policy's with AD and WSUS (updates), and unhealthy PC checks when a non-domain computer enters your network (managment) for PC's is much easier as well as deployment methods of patches and updates. without the need to invest. I have 16 Mac's and 156 PC's... By far the PC's are much easier to manage, deploy and patch. Jeff
Thank You, Jeff La Clair Director of Information Technology Baltimore Museum of Art 10 Art Museum Dr Baltimore, MD. 21218 443-573-1596 Jllaclair at artbma.org ________________________________________ From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Bruce Wyman [bwy...@denverartmuseum.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:27 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Mac vs. PC >Management. PC environment much easier to control users with AD and >user profiles (when roaming). Jeff, you might be interested in Apple's current document (updated last in April, 2009) - Best Practices: Integrating Mac OS X with Active Directory available at <http://images.apple.com/business/solutions/it/docs/Best_Practices_Active_Directory.pdf> Or, if you prefer, Apple also offers an online seminar (view in the browser or download) at <http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/activedir/apple/index.html?s=301> covering much of the same material. We maintain a mixed environment here in Denver and have had no problems over the last 5 years with mac users in our AD controlled network. In fact, half of the Technology Department uses OS X with virtualized windows environments. -bw. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Bruce Wyman, Director of Technology Denver Art Museum / 100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204 office: 720.913.0159 / fax: 720.913.0002 <bwyman at denverartmuseum.org> _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
