** Nick Collingridge (Zapp Support) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-17 17:36]: > Main trade suppliers of Macintosh products are: > <snip> > > You should already have accounts with some at least of these. Don't forget > that most hardware components that you would use with a Mac are exactly the > same as for a PC - eg Hard Drives, Optical Drives, Input Devices, displays, > all networking kit etc. In some cases Apple do provide their own products > (displays, keyboards, mice) but you don't have to use or supply them to your > customers. > > The other thing to remember is that MacOS X is extremely standards > compliant, so when thinking of things like networking, which is pretty much > all TCP/IP nowadays, there is no difference between a Mac, a PC or a Linux > box in terms of the hardware they will need - it's just that the Mac is much > easier to set up and much more stable. ** end quote [Nick Collingridge (Zapp Support)]
Thanks for that, obviously not thinking straight there, I'd not checked through those suppliers! That said, for some of those I don't purchase on a large enough scale for them to bother with me as I'm primarily service based with hardware more being a convenience for my customers. As for components, I'm aware that the newer Macs are PCI based, so are not restricted to custom hardware, although to be honest I've not looked into where things stand from a driver point of view. I'm not quite that green on the Mac front :-) , although I'm not sure precisely where this change occurred when I look at models, but I'd soon be onto the LEM site to check things out - particularly when I can sort out something OS X capable that I can squeeze some cash out for. Unless its too new for them of course! Time and money - always the limiting factors :-( -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
