[OPLINTECH] MAC in Wndows environment

[Mann, James H.]

I agree. What has killed me the last few years is the cost and the need
to replicated all my software.
Networking a Mac is easy, but the question is why?
Westerville has a wonderful public Mac lab for digital projects...if
letting the public convert from tape to CD is what you're trying to
accomplish than a Mac is a good option.
IMHO

Jim Mann
Technology Coordinator
Greene County Public Library
Xenia Ohio 45385
(937) 376-2996 x210
mailto: jmann at gcpl.lib.oh.us

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From: oplintech-admin at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-admin at oplin.org] On
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Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 7:54 AM
To: 'Roger O. Young'; 'oplintech at oplin.org'
Subject: RE: [OPLINTECH] MAC in Wndows environment

Unless you are putting them out with Itunes so people with Ipods can
dowload
and listen to music or buying G5's for people to do desktop publishing
or TV
production(the only things an Apple Computer is really good for) I
really
see no inherent reason or benefit of having them.  They can be easily
networked and made wireless(any usb wireless nic will work) and locked
down
in a Windows environment but unless you have a multitude of patrons
asking
for Apple products they would just be another thing that your staff
would
have to learn and support that really isn't necessary.  There really is
no
cost savings over PC's or thin clients and there are plenty of mac
viruses
and spyware also so those arguments are not really valid. 

Now if it were your AV or graphics department asking for one I wouldn't
hesitate.... I'll be waiting for all the flames from the 3 or 4 mac
fanatics
in the world....till then I suggest you get a Dell. ; )
Regards,
Jim Kenzig
Network Manager
Cuyahoga County Public Library

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger O. Young [ma 
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 5:11 PM
To: oplintech at oplin.org
Subject: [OPLINTECH] MAC in Wndows environment

Does anyone have any thoughts on using a Macintosh in a Windows 2000
server
environment.  Someone on our public service staff had the idea that a
Macintosh might be something we should install for public use.  Can we
network it in our Windows 2000 environment, and keep it as locked down
as
the other public PCs?
Can we go wireless with it on our network?

I am supposed to "review the technical aspects of installing a Mac in
terms
of either a stand alone machine, a networked machine, or a wireless
standalone or networked machine..."

Anyone have any thoughts and/or experiences they would like to share on
that
front, as well as on whether there is any great need and/or benefit for
doing so?

thanks.

Roger O. Young
I T Coordinator
Washington County Public Library 



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