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[Goldie07]

Thanks for the info, it explains a great deal.

When I asked the IT manager at my daughter's university if she could use an airport express connected to the ethernet outlets in the dorm to allow wireless use of a MacBook Pro and an iPad his answer was " absolutely not, Apple wireless devices mess up the network ".

And although I was tempted I didn't set up her MacBook as a hotspot.

[chosenson]

The educational institutions apparently never considered the headaches they were in for when the accepted the Apple for Education deals they were being offered.

I have seen too many colleges, universities, schools, etc. jump on the Apple deals because they sounded so good only to find out that the Apples presented more challenges and costs in the long wrong.

I wonder why so many businesses; major and minor, use Windows PC's? Could it be that they are actually better suited to networked environments; allowing IT to set up the PC with less headaches.

One might say that the Windows PC is more prone to virus's, hacking, etc., but that argument is weak. Any good IT dept. will have the PC's set up and ready for such attacks, minimizing the chances of successful attacks.

[MacNewton]

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The educational institutions apparently never considered the headaches they were in for when the accepted the Apple for Education deals they were being offered. I have seen too many colleges, universities, schools, etc. jump on the Apple deals because they sounded so good only to find out that the Apples presented more challenges and costs in the long wrong. I wonder why so many businesses; major and minor, use Windows PC's? Could it be that they are actually better suited to networked environments; allowing IT to set up the PC with less headaches. One might say that the Windows PC is more prone to virus's, hacking, etc., but that argument is weak. Any good IT dept. will have the PC's set up and ready for such attacks, minimizing the chances of successful attacks.

[MacNewton]

I see you got your facts right out of the Windows IT managers handbook. Lots of companies are moving over to Mac and getting away for the hi cost of staffing IT personal just to get a printer to work. The real fact is MS has made their equipment and software so complex that its needs a trained IT manager to keep everything running. How do I know this? Over the years I have helped companies to dump or integrate them (PS's) into a low cost Mac Network. The fact that it's all self configurable and easy to troubleshoot there is no real need to staff a IT Managers. The word is getting out my friend, so you better pay attenuation.