I will add one additional fact. Our Mac has spent on average at least 2 days a year in service with another 2 days per year on either side of that having issues, either hardware or software. All of the Windows Desktops and Laptops combined have only 4 days in the shop for issues, with most of those restricted to a machine that is more than 5 years old running an OS that the manufacturer says it will not run. Funny thing is that adding RAM to the machine and it worked fine. It was a test machine that got pushed into production when the users machine died after reaching about 10 years of age.
Jon On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Jon Harris <jk.har...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agreed they are a pain. They also like to leave files around that make > backups fail (or appear to fail). I took to leaving the files in place and > put specific deny write on the Mac user in my environment. Mac users are > also a pain to deal with as they usaully whine that it is so much easier on > a Mac but in real life it is pretty much the same. > > Jon > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Sherry Abercrombie > <saber...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Macs are a pain. Not only do I have about 2 dozen of them on my network, >> I've got a stupid Mac Server also. >> >> Macs use Entourage for interaction with Exchange (OWA), it's not perfect, >> there are issues, and it's on the Mac side. Not any issues with having them >> on your network, I just don't like Macs. >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Murray Freeman <mfree...@alanet.org>wrote: >> >>> I'm being asked to investigate the use of a few MAC's in our network. I >>> know that it would be only used by a few of our staff for graphics and a few >>> other apps. I'm concerned about the ability of a MAC to interface into our >>> network and Exchange Server email.Obviously we would purchase new machines, >>> so they could be dual boot machines. I'm also aware of virtualization, but >>> haven't looked into that as of yet. Any suggestions, warnings or concerns >>> from anyone with this kind of experience would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> >>> *Murray* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Sherry Abercrombie >> >> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." >> Arthur C. Clarke >> Sent from Haslet, TX, United States >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
