From: "Glenn Meadows" 

It's interesting.  I'm picking up more and more interest from the company
about moving to Apple/Mac OS X/Apple-Intel Hardware.

I just added a Mac-Mini to the studio mostly for doing iTunes encoding.
Works really well, is totally silent (well, with the other computers making
noise, this one is silent.  And, as the art designers said "It's so
cute...".

My boss (CEO) is in the market for a new laptop, and now that the new Mac
Laptops can run Windows apps either via Boot Commander or Parallels, he's
seriously looking to move.  95% of his time is spent in Office with
Outlook, Excel and Word.  All things that are directly available on OSX
with Office 2004 Mac.

For the rest, we'd probably do Parallels so he can startup Windows to run
the few apps he might need there.

I'm learning more and more about OS X and Apple hardware (the PMU reset
button is a key one to remember).

A flotilla of Mac Mini's would make a nice set of office machines.  Gig
Ethernet, 80-100 gig HD's, quite, small, low power consumption.  What's not
to like?

--

Glenn M.
"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:45450a0e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> And how does that prevent you from installing on more than 5
machines "at
>> home"?
>
> I don't think it does currently, but that might not be forever, the DRM
> chip is a unique identifier even more than the WinXP "Key",
all it would
> have to do is have some kind of unique CD identifier and you have all you
> need for a 1 CD/1 computer scenario.
>
> I don't think Apple is at the level if they care about single home type
> things, and besides since you *have* to have Apple hardware to run it,
> they know they got money from you already.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:4544fed6$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> And how does that prevent you from installing on more than 5
machines "at
>> home"?  Are the disks serialized by one of those schemes
where they write
>> to odd spots on the DVD and put unique serial numbers in?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Glenn M.
>> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
>> news:4544d8fb$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> DRM chip.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob Comer
>>>
>>>
>>> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
>>> news:4544d880{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Ah, good guess my son, but this is a new 5 pack
install.....
>>>>
>>>> BTW, How DOES apple control copying, there is no request
(nor is there
>>>> printed anywhere) an installkey.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Glenn M.
>>>> "Geo"  wrote in message
news:45443aa5{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> It means stop trying to pirate the OS or you get electroshock..
>>>>>
>>>>> Geo. 
>>>>>
>>>>> "Glenn Meadows" 
wrote in message
>>>>> news:45442b21{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> I've just replaced a HD in a 12" Aluminum G4 Powerbook.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now, I'm going to install OS X on this beast.  I
insert the DVD, hold
>>>>>> down
>>>>>> the C key to tell the system to boot form the DVD
drive, and I get a
>>>>> strange
>>>>>> pictorial error on screen.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On one side is what looks like an open cover with
2 batteries outside
>>>>>> and
>>>>> an
>>>>>> arrow pointing in.  The other side has a similar
large oval picture,
>>>>>> with
>>>>> a
>>>>>> red blinking dot on what looks like an end of a battery.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can find NO reference to that picture anywhere
in the documentation
>>>>> (what
>>>>>> little there is), nor can I find anything on the internet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do know the battery level was low before I
started, but I've got
>>>>>> the
>>>>> power
>>>>>> adapter plugged in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does this mean possibly the battery needs to be
fully charged?
>>>>>> Anyone
>>>>> have
>>>>>> a clue or pointer to what the error message means???
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Glenn M.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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