On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:52 PM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >
>> -- > I've worked in ad agencies that had huge networks of Macs -- more than `1000 > at BBDO Detroit. Problems were few and far between, non-existent for most > users. But you have to have Mac IT people. You can't leave it to PC guys. > Paul > 1000 stations is small compared to the Windows network I'm on, which is well over 20,000 machines across North America on the same Active Directory Domain. You can do large networks on Macs, but it's hard on the systems guys, because they don't have the tools that the PC guys do to reduce workload on large networks and you tend to have to segment the networks into smaller, semi-independent sections. Front-end issues are similar these days (PC's in a large network tend to have more standardized hardware than Macs, simply because Apple dictates hardware on new machines and will change things every 6-12 months, PC makers tend to have long runs on their Business-class products and these days they don't arbitrarily change hardware because that leads to losing contracts for the next systems buy). You also have increased software deployment issues (it's a LOT easier to deploy to Windows Machines in a Active Directory network than to Macs unless the latter are Netbooting, which is not likely on a large network due) And yes, you needs specialists for each OS, and for each major software deployment The only thing funnier than a PC guy troubleshooting a Mac issue is a Mac guy troubleshooting a PC issue. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
