09-05-2004, 05:51 PM

Forget the new iMacs and iPods. Apple is leaving a lot of dough on the table by not pushing its Mac OSX software aggressively into corporations running Windows.

So says Technology Execution Network Corp., a Microsoft solution provider and Apple Authorized Dealer based in Needham, Mass., which says the latest versions of the Unix-based Macintosh OSX operating system code-named "Panther" significantly enhances the ability for the Mac client and server to integrate with Microsoft's Active Directory and Windows server environment.

Apple has offered support for Microsoft's Windows for sometime but only in the last few releases has the compatibility reached a point where it can be used practically to plug and play Apple pieces into a Windows network, he said.

Technology Execution Network Corp. (TENCorp) spends roughly 50 hours to fully integrate the solution, a nice revenue opportunity for service providers who seize the day, according to Michael Healey, president of TENCorp., which has nailed more than five consulting gigs integrating Mac OSX systems into Windows networks.

"Windows support has been there for some time, but people weren't convinced that they worked together. Now they do," Healey said. "The compatibility was there technically before but now it's usable. Now we can make money." - TechZoneZ

What are they talking about?

09-05-2004, 08:50 PM

They are talking about the Finders crappy attempt to connect to... anything.

09-06-2004, 12:34 AM

I think they're talking about this
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/windows/

10-21-2004, 12:21 AM

mmmmm

drop a $1500 G4 for a basic accountants workstation - or a $600 PC with windows that has more application comaptibility with the rest of the world and the company - you can not simply "Push" OS X as you need to also spend money on new workstations and you are then stuck with only 1 possible O/S where as with a PC you have a nice variety of possible operating systems not to mention easily accessable replaceble parts if something goes down, like a CPU ? or if a mobo blows? can just run to the store and grab a new G4/ G5 mobo.

10-21-2004, 03:15 AM

Apple isn't Microsoft, and it's not their aim to replace Windows in the business world...
They only have a small marketshare, but they have that since many years, and in some markets, like audio or video editing, they are leaders since a long time.

I worked in a couple of music studios, and I never saw a PC used for sound and music editing...

10-21-2004, 04:23 AM

Originally Posted by Mr.Guvernment

mmmmm

drop a $1500 G4 for a basic accountants workstation - or a $600 PC with windows that has more application comaptibility with the rest of the world and the company - you can not simply "Push" OS X as you need to also spend money on new workstations and you are then stuck with only 1 possible O/S where as with a PC you have a nice variety of possible operating systems not to mention easily accessable replaceble parts if something goes down, like a CPU ? or if a mobo blows? can just run to the store and grab a new G4/ G5 mobo.

apple parts are as easily replacable as PC. and what you mean by nice variety of operating systems? there are no nice os on PC. linux is the niceset but its not for everybody.

10-21-2004, 07:30 AM

Plus linux will run on your mac box too...

Just need the right distribution (yellowdog...)