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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Thanks for all the replies. All seem very doable and positive. Are/Were there any negatives at all in a hybrid environment? Any caveats? I just want to be
as prepared as much as possible. I appreciate the contacts for the apple specialists. They will come in handy later on.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">As another question, how are ipads handled? My experience with Apple products is limited but I understand that you would require itunes to sync with the devices.
On top of that, there is a restriction of 5 devices to one itunes account. Those of you with more than 5 iOS devices, how do you handle that to provide uniformity ?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Sorry for all these questions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Regards</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tim Kitchen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Information Technology Teachers' Offtopic Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Offtopic] Mac and PC living in harmony</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As soon as Apple started building their iMacs with the intel chip and allowed access to the Windows OS we were converted.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since then we have replaced just about all our desktops and laptops with Macs that are dual boot (Windows & Mac).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our students can now choose the OS they they want to use depending on what they need to do and there seems to be a nice even mix between the two systems.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Integration with our Network has not been a major issue. Recently we have been getting the help of an expert in this area who I highly recommend.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Melvin Wilson Jr</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:mel@kokua.com.au">mel@kokua.com.au</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Strathcona BGGS</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 08/06/2011, at 3:11 PM, Alan Oh wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I would like to know if there are schools out there which have both Mac and PC computer labs. If so (and I am sure there are), what does it take to have them
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(Background). We are primarily a Windows school, running Windows Servers 2008 R2. We have several PC computer labs. One of the labs is coming up for renewal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Do I need to have a Mac server? What can I use for imaging the 30 iMacs? Authentication on the network? More questions which I haven’t thought of yet.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Basically, what do I need to arm myself with to manage both camps?</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
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