[OPLINTECH] switching to Macs - security?

[Matthew Augustine]

Hi Jim,

Here are the promised photos...  The mini's are toward the end.

http://www.euclidlibrary.org/public/mini/index.html

There are photos of all of our furniture configurations.  I really am 
impressed with the size and the capabilities of the Mac Mini's.  They run 
Windows XP as good, if not better, than a "regular" PC from Dell, Compaq, 
etc.  In addition, you recieve OS X, which in my opinion gives you an option 
to jump to the Mac if for whatever reason you needed or wanted to.

Let me know how the slideshow works.

Matthew Augustine
Technology Manager
Euclid Public Library


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Guilford" <James.Guilford at westlakelibrary.org>
To: <oplintech at oplin.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] switching to Macs - security?


> Hi Matt,
>
> I hope you will post the photos you mentioned. I've been thinking about 
> the Mac Mini as successor to our CyberNet machines. We had an old iMac in 
> use as a dedicated catalog and used the kiosk software you mention to 
> secure it ... worked great til hardware failed. The software also did a 
> quick reset of the browser --after disuse-- to clear caches, etc. Very 
> nice.
>
> -- J. Guilford
>
> Matthew Augustine wrote:
>> Chip,
>>
>> We have about 15 mini macs as catalog only workstations here at Euclid 
>> Public Library.  The are so small that we have squeezed them inside the 
>> furniture (custom "island" furniture).  I could take a picture of the 
>> setup and post it on our website, if you are interested to see how we did 
>> it.
>>
>> The mini macs that we have are PPC G4 macs.  They are running OS X 
>> 10.3.9. Everything works well, because all that we need is a web browser 
>> for our catalog.  We expriment with many ways to lockdown the finder, but 
>> settled on purchasing wKIOSK http://www.app4mac.com/ as the final 
>> solution.  It is a great program, that really locks the machine down, as 
>> tight as anything your could accomplish with Group Policy on XP.
>>
>> ----
>> Matthew Augustine
>> Technology Manager
>> Euclid Public Library
>> http://www.euclidlibrary.org
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Chip Kruthoffer" <c.kruthoffer at lanepl.org>
>> To: <OPLINTECH at oplin.org>
>> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 1:25 PM
>> Subject: [OPLINTECH] switching to Macs - security?
>>
>>
>>
>>> If anyone out there has switched to Apple Macs for your public PCs, or 
>>> even
>>> just added some for public use, I'd appreciate knowing what you do to 
>>> lock
>>> them down. Accounts of personal experience and/or pointers to useful
>>> information welcome.
>>>
>>> We're Mac newbies here, but seeing more and more interest from the 
>>> public.
>>> We're also tired of endless (and sometimes-malfucntioning) MSFT patches.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>> Chip Kruthoffer, Head of Systems
>>> Lane Public Library ~ http://www.lanepl.org
>>> 1396 University Blvd. (Admin. Center)
>>> Hamilton, Ohio 45011
>>> Phone: (513) 785-2706 ~ Fax: (513) 844-6535
>>> Email: c.kruthoffer at lanepl.org
>>>
>>>
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