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Using Macs to Build a Better Windows Network

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Ben Stevens Posted in Hardware, Office Management, Other Operating Systems
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My good friend, David Swanner, reports that his "tech guy is using
Apple iMacs to build a more stable, easier to maintain Windows network."  That’s right, even some PC tech guys are starting to come around to the many benefits offered by Macs.

Dave lists the following advantages of running Windows on a Mac:

  • Nice Hardware at a Reasonable Price – Chrome and glass, 20″ monitor, memory, speed, decent memory all in one box. It works well and is attractive.
  • Less Desk Space – The Macs are an all in one and leave a small footprint on your desk. It’s just the monitor and the keyboard.
  • Ease of Maintenance
    – The entire Parallels Windows file is a single computer file. That’s
    huge. You can install Windows, tweak it to the way you want, install
    all of the programs that you want and then all of that information will
    be in a single Parallels file that can be copied and backed up. If your
    Windows goes down, you can just copy that file back to your iMac and
    you’re up and running. If your entire iMac goes down, you can copy that
    file to a different iMac and you’re up and running. No worrying about
    file registries, different hardware signatures. No fuss, no muss.
  • Portability – Once you have your Parallels backup file, you can copy that to another machine without any problems. You can’t do that (easily) with Windows, because of different hardware configurations and the Windows registry.
  • Ease of Installation
    – Once you have a specific set up that you want, for example,
    WordPerfect, TimeMatters, CaseMap, TimeMap, Sanction, MicroSoft Office,
    you can save this as a building block and as a base for every
    installation. Of course, you need to have a site license for each
    program. You will also have to switch license codes, but that’s a lot
    easier than starting each machine’s installation from scratch.

I urge you to visit Dave’s post to get his thoughts.  While you are there, you should check out the rest of his blog, as I believe it’s one of the best out there.

Source:  "Using iMacs to Build a Better Windows Network" by David Swanner, published at his South Carolina Trial Law Blog.

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