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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Subject: [MacLaw] Re: Lawyer considering
Mac v. PC</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>There are plenty of reasons, but here are
what I feel are the most compelling ones:<br>
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a) Interoperability. OS X works right out of the box on networks of
Macs, PCs, Linux, and<br>
can authenticate against Active Directory with a couple of checked
boxes and some simple<br>
input from your IT department. Your friend could bring his new
MacBook(Pro) into the<br>
office, plunk it down on his desk, plug it into the office network,
and be pretty much up<br>
and running with every server, client, and printer in the place. Oh,
and it looks really cool,<br>
too.<br>
<br>
b) Stability. It's a rock. There are, naturally, fanatics on both
sides of the Mac/Windows<br>
divide, who trumpet the indestructability of their respective OS, and
they're pretty much to<br>
be ignored. Windows boxes crash, sure, and so do Macs. The difference
is that due to the<br>
wonders of actual protected memory, that when your copy of Word locks
up on the Mac,<br>
you're probably not going to have to reboot the system and lose
everything else you're<br>
working on. Tragically, not so on Windows. Oh, and the OS itself is
pretty much only going<br>
to crash due to hardware damage/failure. It's really, really hard to
break OS X.<br>
<br>
c) Virtualization. Parallels, Parallels, Parallels. Eighty bucks gets
you an entire, practically<br>
full-speed PC environment. Throw in a copy of Windows XP/Vista/Your
Linux distro of<br>
choice, run the setup, and you're able to use all your existing
Windows software. Later<br>
builds include a feature called "Coherence" which basically
gives you the ability to<br>
transparently run your Windows applications from the Mac side of
things.<br>
<br>
d) Cost. Lower cost of ownership, less need for support, the hardware
is generally better<br>
constructed, and the laptop itself is going to cost the same or less
than a comparable<br>
Dell/Lenovo, and certainly a lot less than a Vaio.<br>
<br>
Dave Ball<br>
Random Consulting LLC<br>
ACTC/ACHDS</blockquote>
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