Re: [WinMac] questions: NT vs. mac for small biz network
Michael Tjoa(mtjoa[at]hotjobs.com)
Thu, 8 Jul 1999 17:26:43 -0400
For the last 5 years, we've been using NT as a file server for a 93% mac
network. NT doesn't have any problems as long as all you are going to use
it for is file sharing. Just turn on services for Mac and only connect to
it when you need to, and you should be ok. Mac OS X Server is pretty cool,
but we havn't tested the stability on an actual server, we only added to a
desktop machine to see how it would run.
We have approximately 100 computers in the office on a 10 Base-T network,
connecting to the internet via T1.
At 5:58 PM -0400 7/8/99, tom lyczko wrote:
>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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