[P1] Please help to stop the conversion to "Windoze".......

[Fred Stevens K2FRD]

At 7:25 -0700 05/11/03, Ken Anderson wrote:
>Hello listers,
>
>Please excuse the cross posting as I am again trolling for information.
>
>I know on one of my lists I have read about the comparisons of Macs 
>to Windows in both hardware and software.  I thought I saved every 
>link that I came across in those threads but I seemed to have only a 
>few.  I need all I can get right now.
>
>At out school the new principle is a 'Windoze' guy and wants to 
>start getting windows machines to mix in with our Macs network 
>"because they are cheaper." Myself and others are wishing to stop 
>the insanity but we are in need of information and sources of 
>information that can be analyzed and an assessment made as to the 
>TRUE costs for both platforms not to mention potential problems with 
>the network or overall in general.

I would think that the virus problem to which Windows machines are 
both susceptible and targeted would be a major factor in a final 
decision. With the general proliferation of viruses pervading the 
internet, a network (especially in a school) IS going to contract 
whatever the worm-de-jour might be; it only takes one machine which 
has not had it's weekly Norton update to infect the lot. The costs 
for removal of the virus, repair to both software and hardware, and 
anti-virus subscriptions, not to mention the downtime of the 
machines/network would more than make up for any difference in cost 
between Macs and PCs.

I presume you checked the archived messages for the missing links you 
wanted? But, that's a difficult task given the volume of messages on 
this list.

-- 
73 de Fred Stevens K2FRD
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