Drury, Rich is right. You wont have any real troubles, unless youre working with something exotic. Most of the issues are only user related. Be sure to have your imaging and color management performed on a Mac (for a bunch of reasons) but with some common sense workflow decisions everything will be fine. And if your doing any in-house printing, you'll like that better on a Mac too.
My personal opinion is that most mac users I have worked with are somewhat more self sufficient than the PC users and can handle the smaller issues before they become bigger issues and need an IT person to assist. Please dont start a string with that :) jeff Jeffrey Evans Photographer, Digital Imaging Specialist Princeton University Art Museum 609.258.8579 www.princetonartmuseum.org On Jun 24, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Drury Wellford wrote: > Thank you Rich. This is one of the answers I really wanted to get > as we > are already heading in this unfortunate direction! > > Ann Drury Wellford > Photo Services Manager > The Museum of the Confederacy > 1201 East Clay Street > Richmond, VA 23219 > Phone: (804) 649-1861 x17 > Fax: (804) 644-7150 > www.moc.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf > Of > Rich Cherry > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:51 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Mac vs. PC > > Drury, > > Like many technology questions this has very little to do with the > technology (although many will claim otherwise), it has to do with the > religion the IT department practices. If an IT department has a > strong > MAC person then it's fairly easy to integrate and use without > issues, if > the IT department is ambivalent or hostile to MAC then it depends on > the > status of the requester in the institution on how good they are > supported (sometimes outside support is contracted). So when I was > CIO > in a museum with no MAC person we resisted, when I was at a museum > where > I could hire a great MAC support person we supported and expanded it > and > our users benefited from the diversity. > > Rich > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf > Of > Drury Wellford > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:23 AM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: [MCN-L] Mac vs. PC > > Help! The Museum of the Confederacy is seeking advice from fellow > museum professionals. > > We are starting a digitization project, and are beginning by scanning > over 6000 original photographs we have in our collection. We are > looking at buying a 24" iMac, but are now addressing concerns about > whether Mac software will be compatible with the museum's PC-based > server, and whether we will be able to integrate Mac image files with > our PC-based Collections databases. We plan to store the images on an > external hard drive as well, but again are wondering how difficult it > will be to retrieve the images and use them on PC software. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks a lot, and sorry if this question is a repeat of one that has > been asked of the listserv a million times before. > > Drury Wellford > > Ann Drury Wellford > Photo Services Manager > The Museum of the Confederacy > 1201 East Clay Street > Richmond, VA 23219 > Phone: (804) 649-1861 x17 > Fax: (804) 644-7150 > www.moc.org > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.88/2196 - Release Date: > 06/24/09 12:49:00 > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
