<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>-- Continued from Part 2 --</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span class="879292507-26092008">- I</span><span class="879292507-26092008"><span class="879292507-26092008">f a machine problem occurs I have no way or trying to re-create that issue because your machine is unique to our company. With everyone using Dell and XP, it's a company standard and therefore can test and resolve user issues without user downtime.</span></span><span class="879292507-26092008"><span class="879292507-26092008"> If you use a unique Mac, we have no other platform to test issues.</span></span></font></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="879292507-26092008"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="879292507-26092008"><font face="Arial" size="2">- Allowing a unique president may result in other issues with other employees.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="879292507-26092008"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="879292507-26092008"><font face="Arial" size="2">- Our experience of running dual operating systems suggests they do not work. Users are unlikely to switch between them because of the time required from shutting down programs, shutting down OS, rebooting, logging in etc.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="879292507-26092008"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="879292507-26092008"><font face="Arial" size="2">I am happy to discuss these reasons in depth if required but overall it does not make business sense for individual users to run unique set-ups. Standardisation is the best course for all involved and unless a real significant business need can be shown I cannot deviate from the company standard IT strategy.</font></span></div></div><div><br></div><div>-- The End --</div></body></html>