[X4U] Trying to get a Mac Laptop approved

[Nick Scalise]

---- Ken Schneider <ken at schneider.net> wrote: 
> > I'd love to know what your company is selling in to other
> > organizations' graphics departments which may be running Apple Macs
> > but is such that your company doesn't need to test / have some
> > knowledge of your devices ability to work in an Apple Mac environment.
> > Seriously, what is it?
> 
> The products are professional and broadcast HD/SD video equipment.   
> You would find this stuff in TV stations, mobile production trucks,  
> rental companies, studios, etc.  It uses a real-time embedded OS so  
> the equipment itself does not use Windoze, Linux or Mac OS.  However  
> you can import graphic files from Macs or PCs via USB or FTP or a home- 
> grown application that runs only under Windoze.  Since most graphic  
> departments in TV stations are Mac-based, I think it's a good idea to  
> go in there with a Mac laptop so show the home-grown app running on  
> BootCamp or Parallels.  Sometimes there are import problems and I'll  
> need to troubleshoot why the Mac files aren't working when transferred  
> over.
> 
> So having a Mac in the field would be an advantage for me.  When  
> connected to the company network I can be running BootCamp or  
> Parallels.  When troubleshooting I could have a laptop that can run in  
> both the Mac and Windoze environments.  I thought it would be as  
> simple as that.  However IT doesn't see it like that.

If you have a good working relationship with your customers, maybe you could have them complain to your boss that your company doesn't seem to know how to support evironments that use Macs.

Nothing like a little threat of losing business for the boss to convince IT to change course.

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Nick Scalise
nickscalise at cox.net