Organizations today are likely to include both Macs and Windows PCs in their environments, and getting them to work together has become much easier. That wasn’t always the case. In 1995, I started working at a small ISP and service bureau in Raleigh, North Carolina, where most employees used Macs though a few of us [...]
Entries Tagged as 'MAC'
Interacting with Windows from a Mac Environment
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions, Q & A, Technology
Tags: Active Directory·Directory Utility·MAC·Mac Environment·Messenger·Network Access Protection·OCS·OCS and Messenger·Virtualization
Managing Macs in Your Windows Environment
April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, How To, Tips & Techniques
The Mac family of computers from Apple is becoming increasingly popular on more and more networks. For instance, at the end of 2007, Digital Trends reported that the US Army uses about 20,000 Macs on a regular basis. This is one part of a larger program that is intended to increase diversity in the computing [...]
Tags: file sharing·MAC·Mac File Sharing·Mac Network Configuration·Mac Print Sharing·Managing Mac·Network Configuration·Print Sharing·Windows Environment
How to run almost any OS on your Mac
March 17th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Setup, Mod'ing Your PC/MAC
Without an operating system – Mac OS X, say, or Windows XP – a computer is just a dumb box of chips, and even the most exciting application will have no environment in which to run. And, it’s easy to forget that you have a choice of which OS you run.
In fact, as a Mac [...]
How FireWire Works
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Interfaces, Uncategorized
You have probably heard the term FireWire if you have any interest in digital video — or maybe you know it as Sony i.Link or as IEEE 1394, the offical name for the standard. FireWire is a way to connect different pieces of equipment so they can easily and quickly share information.
Originally created by [...]
Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS) explained
February 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions, Power Protection
How would you feel if someone pulled the power cable out of your Mac (or PC) right now, without warning? If there was a power failure this is effectively what would happen, and you could lose data or your entire computer as a result. Guard yourself against such an event with a UPS device.
The facts
An [...]
Tags: computers·MAC·power failuer·uninterreptable power supply·UPS·windows