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<blockquote data-quote="ScottBurton" data-source="post: 1184193" data-attributes="member: 192054">I have been tasked by the owner of the business I work for to find out if it would be possible, instead of buying multiple Mac systems, to buy one serious Mac, and have multiple users connect to it to work.These people will be doing a lot of graphic design and some flash video work.&nbsp; My original proposal was that each would have their own Mac for this, and would store files on a networked location for retrieval and backup purposes.&nbsp; I realize there are limitations to doing so.&nbsp; But I think these limitations are very much like what would be encountered with multiple users running on one machine.My interpretation is that we still need a license for any software being used, to account for every user making use of that software at one time.&nbsp; The purpose of this is an idea from the owner that we shouldn't need to buy multiple computers.Since he's the one who can fire me, obviously I need to find out what can or can't be done in this field.(And don't flame me for this...&nbsp; I confess I'm predominantly familiar with something OTHER than Mac, because that's what almost all of my IT experience to date has been.)Any pointers you could offer would be much appreciated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ScottBurton, post: 1184193, member: 192054"] I have been tasked by the owner of the business I work for to find out if it would be possible, instead of buying multiple Mac systems, to buy one serious Mac, and have multiple users connect to it to work. These people will be doing a lot of graphic design and some flash video work. My original proposal was that each would have their own Mac for this, and would store files on a networked location for retrieval and backup purposes. I realize there are limitations to doing so. But I think these limitations are very much like what would be encountered with multiple users running on one machine. My interpretation is that we still need a license for any software being used, to account for every user making use of that software at one time. The purpose of this is an idea from the owner that we shouldn't need to buy multiple computers. Since he's the one who can fire me, obviously I need to find out what can or can't be done in this field. (And don't flame me for this... I confess I'm predominantly familiar with something OTHER than Mac, because that's what almost all of my IT experience to date has been.) Any pointers you could offer would be much appreciated. [/QUOTE]

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