The key thing to keep in mind is that Entourage is, essentially, a really spiffy WebDAV client. Unless there are some compelling workflow reasons which would be made easier with the Mac (automation using AppleScript is a LOT more accessible than the various Windows scripting languages), I'd either A) push for the PC or B) allow the Mac, but get either Parallels or VMWare Fusion and virtualize a Windows install for Outlook.
________________________________ From: Evan Brastow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Kinda need a Mac, Okay, so we're hiring a graphic artist. In a company of engineers and manufacturing people, Macs are not exactly commonplace (I have one in my office that I bought so I could better relate to customers when they send in art, and after "using" the darn thing for a while, I no longer felt it was as important to relate.) My issue is that this graphic artist would prefer to work on a Mac. That's fine, but part of what she will be doing is preflighting artwork, and we use Outlook as our way to, for example, set flags on items in public folders, etc... I have never used Entourage, but I'm assuming that's what would she would need to use. Does it have similar functionality to Outlook in that you can access Public Folders (using E2K3 server), set colored flags, open other user's folders, etc?? Anyone have a mixed environment like that that can comment on how well Entourage operates in it? Thanks, Evan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
