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<blockquote data-quote="dpbiker" data-source="post: 546056" data-attributes="member: 43360"><p>So here's the deal. I work at a small design studio made up of 7 people but growing quickly. At the moment we have no server and just work off our local hard drives. We're pretty much responsible for backing up our own finished jobs to DVD but have no nightly or even weekly back up system in place.</p><p></p><p>We know we've way outgrown this shoddy system and we need to step out of the dark ages and get a server.</p><p></p><p>We don't have our own dedicated It guy so we're doing some research to try to figure this all out. Not surprisingly our local Mac store has been super informative and helpful. They said it would be about 7k to get outfitted with a server. The specs are as follows.</p><p></p><p>Processor: Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon </p><p>Memory: 4GB (4 x 1GB) </p><p>RAID Card: Mac Pro RAID Card </p><p>Hardrive: 750GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s x 4</p><p></p><p>So we're cool with that, but we decded to get some input from one of our offsite web developers. He thought we could get a windows server with equal specs for around 2k. Now we're all Apple fan boys (and girls) at our office so we don't need to be convinced that Apple rules and M$ sucks. But we do need to make an educated decision. For a small company like our own 3 grand saving is a nice chunk of change. </p><p></p><p>That all said. Can any one help us figure out the pros and cons of going Mac or going Windows?</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dpbiker, post: 546056, member: 43360"] So here's the deal. I work at a small design studio made up of 7 people but growing quickly. At the moment we have no server and just work off our local hard drives. We're pretty much responsible for backing up our own finished jobs to DVD but have no nightly or even weekly back up system in place. We know we've way outgrown this shoddy system and we need to step out of the dark ages and get a server. We don't have our own dedicated It guy so we're doing some research to try to figure this all out. Not surprisingly our local Mac store has been super informative and helpful. They said it would be about 7k to get outfitted with a server. The specs are as follows. Processor: Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon Memory: 4GB (4 x 1GB) RAID Card: Mac Pro RAID Card Hardrive: 750GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s x 4 So we're cool with that, but we decded to get some input from one of our offsite web developers. He thought we could get a windows server with equal specs for around 2k. Now we're all Apple fan boys (and girls) at our office so we don't need to be convinced that Apple rules and M$ sucks. But we do need to make an educated decision. For a small company like our own 3 grand saving is a nice chunk of change. That all said. Can any one help us figure out the pros and cons of going Mac or going Windows? Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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