[DM-MUG] Why use Macs Q & A
Victoria L. Herring
vlh at herringlaw.com
Wed Feb 21 12:30:14 CST 2007
>Subject: [MacLaw] Re: Lawyer considering Mac v. PC
>
>There are plenty of reasons, but here are what I feel are the most
>compelling ones:
>
>a) Interoperability. OS X works right out of the box on networks of
>Macs, PCs, Linux, and
>can authenticate against Active Directory with a couple of checked
>boxes and some simple
>input from your IT department. Your friend could bring his new
>MacBook(Pro) into the
>office, plunk it down on his desk, plug it into the office network,
>and be pretty much up
>and running with every server, client, and printer in the place. Oh,
>and it looks really cool,
>too.
>
>b) Stability. It's a rock. There are, naturally, fanatics on both
>sides of the Mac/Windows
>divide, who trumpet the indestructability of their respective OS,
>and they're pretty much to
>be ignored. Windows boxes crash, sure, and so do Macs. The
>difference is that due to the
>wonders of actual protected memory, that when your copy of Word
>locks up on the Mac,
>you're probably not going to have to reboot the system and lose
>everything else you're
>working on. Tragically, not so on Windows. Oh, and the OS itself is
>pretty much only going
>to crash due to hardware damage/failure. It's really, really hard to
>break OS X.
>
>c) Virtualization. Parallels, Parallels, Parallels. Eighty bucks
>gets you an entire, practically
>full-speed PC environment. Throw in a copy of Windows XP/Vista/Your
>Linux distro of
>choice, run the setup, and you're able to use all your existing
>Windows software. Later
>builds include a feature called "Coherence" which basically gives
>you the ability to
>transparently run your Windows applications from the Mac side of things.
>
>d) Cost. Lower cost of ownership, less need for support, the
>hardware is generally better
>constructed, and the laptop itself is going to cost the same or less
>than a comparable
>Dell/Lenovo, and certainly a lot less than a Vaio.
>
>Dave Ball
>Random Consulting LLC
>ACTC/ACHDS
><http://www.randomconsult.com>http://www.randomconsult.com
> >
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