how far have mac's made it into large installations?

Wed Apr 20 14:46:36 PDT 2011

We are mostly a Windows shop for desktops.  Servers are FreeBSD.  I asked
for a Mac when I started, because I spend all my time in a terminal
anyway, so I love having a native xterm and shell.  Plus I get regular
Microsoft Office, which everyone knows how to deal with.

We have now grown to a few more Mac's for people who request them.

I was recently promoted to essentially the Director of IT, but I just
can't justify the hardware cost of converting everyone to a Mac, although
I'd really like to.

So we are sticking with Windows, mostly.

But to answer your question, yes the Mac population does seem to be
growing, and getting more acceptable in the corporate world.

I don't have any widespread management tools for them, although I am
considering getting a Time Machine compatible backup server for them.

We don't have any Apple servers, though, if that is what you are asking
about managing.

-Greg

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 02:14:40PM -0700, Ray Wong wrote:
> Hi all, found myself wondering:
> 
> Seems like Macs have become a lot more common, mostly on the corporate
> IT side but I guess a few are using them for internet operations too.
> Haven't really been keeping track about what options and resources are
> out there for managing them... Been seeing more claims of malware,
> intrusions, et al., and wondering if any professionals are actually
> dealing with them in some systematic way with useful management and
> recovery tools, or is it largely still the same "so and so head of
> <some creative and not terribly technical department with lots of
> discretionary budget> wanted em so we're living with them" approach?
> 
> -R>