I sort of second Sherry's comments. I say sort of because I have a Mac or two myself and don't have anything against Macs...but they are often a pain to support in a mixed network.
We support one network that USED to have a single Mac (among about 50 PCs and half a dozen Windows servers). That single Mac user generated about three times as many support calls as any other user on the network. You can do it and it will work, but be prepared that you may find yourself spending a lot more helpdesk resources on them. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com <http://www.rolandschorr.com/> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bschorr From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT Macs are a pain. Not only do I have about 2 dozen of them on my network, I've got a stupid Mac Server also. Macs use Entourage for interaction with Exchange (OWA), it's not perfect, there are issues, and it's on the Mac side. Not any issues with having them on your network, I just don't like Macs. On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Murray Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: I'm being asked to investigate the use of a few MAC's in our network. I know that it would be only used by a few of our staff for graphics and a few other apps. I'm concerned about the ability of a MAC to interface into our network and Exchange Server email.Obviously we would purchase new machines, so they could be dual boot machines. I'm also aware of virtualization, but haven't looked into that as of yet. Any suggestions, warnings or concerns from anyone with this kind of experience would be greatly appreciated. Murray -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Haslet, TX, United States ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
