[WinMac] PC replacement keyboard

Lisa Weihl(lweihl[at]cs.bgsu.edu)
Fri, 23 Jul 1999 16:37:56 -0400

This isn't really a PC-Mac cooperation issue but it's kind of related. Our
department is due for desktop replacements this Fall semester. Until
recently this department has been all Macintosh. Due to Apple's demise a
few years ago a few PC's infiltrated the dept for teaching purposes. Now
during the replacement faculty and staff will be allowed to select Mac or
PC. I believe most will stick with their Mac as they don't have an
overwhelming need to fight with a PC:-) Being the sys admin, I'm going to
have to give up my Mac so that I can learn more about administration of
PC's. BGSU has been buying Dell PC's and in my opinion the Dell Quiet Key
keyboards stink. I'm a very fast light touch typer and I'm constantly
having to retype things on those stupid keyboards because I don't hit the
keys hard enough. I'm currently using an older Apple Extended keyboard
Model M0115 because I like it's touch. I've had a couple other faculty
members complain about the Dell keyboards too and I've now been told by my
chair that I can get some new keyboards. The problem is trying to find a
PC replacement keyboard that has the touch that my Mac keyboard has. Can
anyone recommend something? I checked at our local Staples and was tempted
to try the $20 Logitech keyboard but was told by one of their employees
that has used both Macs and PCs that he's never used a PC keyboard with as
nice a touch as the Mac keyboards. I know that's not entirely true because
my 5 year old P5-60 Gateway at home has a nice keyboard.

So far I'm enjoying what I see on the list and hope for more info and I
also need to read the archives.

Items will be struggling with in the near future are:

Cross-platform file sharing (we need to replace our aging Mac file server)
Moving users files from Mac to PC (we already will be buying copies of
Conversions Plus for all PC's which should help with naming).
Backups (probably will buy more Retrospect Windows clients for now)

In addition to the keyboard plea, if anyone has ideas on the above I'd be
grateful. I'm most interested now in what people feel is the most
effective way to transfer files from the Mac to the PC for the people
switching platforms.

Thanks,
Lisa

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Lisa Weihl, System Administrator E-mail: lweihl@cs.bgsu.edu
Department of Computer Science Office: Hayes 225
Bowling Green State University Phone: (419) 372-0116
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0214 Fax: (419) 372-8061

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