We have a lab of MacMini's each of which can run MacOS, Windows and
linux. We require student to use a different OS each day they are in
the lab. So for example if you used Mac the previous time you must use
Windows or linux today. We do not provide either server storage or
email to either students or faculty. They use USB pen drives to hold
their files or use Google apps. They arrange for their own email
service, most using gmail.
Only the Mac is able to offer us the ability to do this three OS
training that we have implemented. The idea is that no one should ever
be locked into one OS and not know the others.
By the way the modern MacOS is perfectly capable of being integrated
into a Window's based server environment or you can run the MacOS
Server. It is a sophisticated UNIX based OS every bit the equal of
windows.
Greg
On Jun 11, 2008, at 8:03 AM, Mark Nelson wrote:
> On Jun 11, 2008, at 9:42 AM, David Liebmann wrote:
>
>> I am the founding head-elect of Greenwich Village High School in NYC,
>> which will open in September 2009. Of the many tasks before me,
>> one is
>> choosing between Mac and PC. I am sure there are strong opinions on
>> either side, but I am curious to hear from those who might have
>> insights
>> into the best choice to support the majority of school operations,
>> including the business functions of the school.
>
>
> David,
>
> Best of luck in your new adventure, it is a rare opportunity to
> start a new school from scratch!
>
> Too bad one of your tasks is "...choosing between Mac and PC" for
> your new school. Count me among those school folks who do not
> believe that a school should be single platform environment, either
> WindowsPC or Mac. From a technical design perspective schools are
> among the most challenging organizations to design a technology
> infrastructure for in that they are by necessity such multi purpose
> institutions. Some folks in your new school will have their needs
> best met by WindowsPCs, some by Mac, and some users will have their
> needs best met by both platforms (we've found a current generation
> Mac running WindowsXP via Parallels Desktop a great solution for
> this group.)
>
> Hope This Helps,
>
> Mark
>
> Mark Nelson
> Director of Information Technology
> Thayer Academy
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>
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