[WinMac] questions: NT vs. mac for small biz network

tom lyczko(tom[at]mail.visualwave.com)
Thu, 8 Jul 1999 16:58:56 -0500

hello everyone...

please, i'm interested in information, but i also welcome opinions as well...

i work for a small company which is 60-70 mac, the rest windows...
they want to upgrade to an ethernet LAN, and they want to ensure that they can maintain their mac files' *integrity* (i.e. not get messed up in cross-platform file problems) in terms of getting documents ready for a professional printer, etc.

1. methinks that the type of network (NT or mac) should not affect this kind of thing at all, so long as tcp/ip is used in the lan over ethernet. am i correct???

2. my boss thinks NT is very complicated; he seems to want mac OS X bec it's supposedly stable...my question is whether all the unix etc. stuff stuck into mac OS X isn't equally complicated as NT????

3. lastly, have you found it easier to have mac clients on a NT lan or have you found it easier to have NT/Win 9x clients on a mac lan??

i do think that for a say, 10-15 node LAN, NT might be cheaper overall, given apple's tendency to charge premium prices for everything...

thank you!!!

:) tom
tom@visualwave.com

p.s. when i know more about all this stuff, hopefully i will also be able to offer advice, suggestions, ideas, etc. this is a good list! :)

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