On Sep 18, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Ramon Tate wrote:
> My stance, being the one who set most of this up about 4-5 years ago, > is that we (a) don't have anyone to watch over an office LAN all the > time as needed for a Windows-based environment, A Winodws peer-peer lan doesn't require all that much watching. The PC's themselves, on the other hand... > (b) we couldn't afford > it if we did and there is no one in the church who can do it gratis, If you don't have someone to manage the PC's, then you're in trouble. > > (c) replacing all the Office and Filemaker software would be extremely > expensive, and Yep, that's a big $$ issue. > (d) the inevitable decline in security would result in a > major breach in short order. DING! DING! DING! We have a winner. The hard part will be getting the folks controlling the purse-strings to realize that the reason you haven't had the sorts of problems you haven't had is because you've got Macs :-) Until they get hit with a massive spyware infestation caused by someone clicking on an innocuous website (no need to go poking in the darker recesses of the Internet for this, btw) bringing your systems to their knees, requiring a re-install of Windows. > I would much prefer to buy 3 new iMacs > (will need another for a new staff member) and upgrade the Powerbook > to > Leopard, keeping all the existing software and/or upgrading as > required > (already have FM 9 ready to go). > This is the more cost-effective solution, imo, if you're going for the low end iMacs. > So, experts, what say you? > (and thanks in advance for your sage advice) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
