This is a question about how to set up a Quicksilver dual so that a
family can best use it, without disturbing the other family members
parts.
My boss at work loves him some PCs because he likes to get his hands
under the hood and dirty them up; also, we get a lot of donated
products because the company is a nonprofit. (Too bad that Apple
doesn't donate Macs to public television.) He thinks Macs are just too
much of an over-priced, closed system. And I think that I'll never get
used to those problematic PCs at work because I'm so spoiled by smooth-
operating, good-looking Macs on my desktops at home and work. The
result is that I buy my own Mac for work.
I just bought a very sweet iMac Core i3 for my job. It will handle the
latest video file formats, video peripherals (like the Sony U1), and
Avid's newest Media Composer app. And methinks the native 1920 by 1080
screen dimension should handle my HD projects with aplomb. This means
that all of my current hardware can trickle down one notch: the Power
Mac dual G5, my former workhorse, can go to my desktop at home; the
iMac G5 on my desktop right at this moment can move across the room to
my wife's desktop; and her Quicksilver dual can move into the home of
my wife's niece.
This niece is a struggling single mom, currently supporting four kids
from middle school to elementary ages. (Insert your version of hard-
living here; it would likely pale in comparison to this one.) They are
very needy, and I believe that a computer would be a valuable addition
to their home. While the mom is the least computer-literate, I fear
that any one of these five family members could probably wipe out huge
parts of the OS and personal bits (belonging to others) if the machine
is not set up appropriately for all of these users. Some of ya'll are
managers of computer systems both large and small, and have lots of
valuable experience. I'm thinking of installing Leopard and providing
a Time Machine backup hard drive. Would you recommend that I give them
one admin account on the Quicksilver, known only by the mom, and one
guest account for each family member to use? And of course, I will
train them all the best I can.
Thanks for your consideration.
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