Depending upon your perspective, what the cat dragged in could be a Mac or Windows device. But for us at IT Radix, it's becoming more and more common to support both Mac and Windows machines on the same network. And we're happy to help because Apple and Microsoft systems can and do work together.
This is particularly true on the front end—think what the user actually uses—it could be an iMac or a Windows 7 machine, or an iPhone versus a Blackberry. Quite often, it doesn't matter. We most commonly have requests from users to add Apple devices to existing Windows environments. Apple devices will happily co-exist and take advantage of many Microsoft platforms assuming things are configured and deployed correctly.
In the marketing and design world, the Macs have it—literally! Traditionally, Macs have cornered the graphics market including not only user machines but also server technology. A Windows machine in a marketing firm may feel like "a fish out of water" but everything works together just fine.
Where things can get tricky is when the business uses an application that will only run on one platform or the other. In these situations, it's not hopeless—today's virtualization technology makes it possible to run Windows in a virtual machine and in some cases, vice versa!
As Apple is making in-roads in other business environments, we're seeing an even deeper integration. For example, one of our clients is in the process of converting from a Windows-only environment to a mixed environment as a result of the selection of a new accounting system that runs on bothplatforms. So, if a user prefers a Mac computer, they get a Mac; if another user prefers a Windows machine, they get a Windows computer. With the rise of cloud computing, platform independence is increasing even more.
In our opinion, for businesses, this flexibility of choice is perfectly paws-a-tive!
IT Radix provides fully outsourced IT support for small to medium-sized businesses. We do everything that an internal IT department would do--only better and for less. We handle all aspects of your IT department including server/desktop administrations, networking, end-user support, vendor management, IT strategy, budgeting and more. Simply put: We run your IT department.
This is particularly true on the front end—think what the user actually uses—it could be an iMac or a Windows 7 machine, or an iPhone versus a Blackberry. Quite often, it doesn't matter. We most commonly have requests from users to add Apple devices to existing Windows environments. Apple devices will happily co-exist and take advantage of many Microsoft platforms assuming things are configured and deployed correctly.
In the marketing and design world, the Macs have it—literally! Traditionally, Macs have cornered the graphics market including not only user machines but also server technology. A Windows machine in a marketing firm may feel like "a fish out of water" but everything works together just fine.
Where things can get tricky is when the business uses an application that will only run on one platform or the other. In these situations, it's not hopeless—today's virtualization technology makes it possible to run Windows in a virtual machine and in some cases, vice versa!
As Apple is making in-roads in other business environments, we're seeing an even deeper integration. For example, one of our clients is in the process of converting from a Windows-only environment to a mixed environment as a result of the selection of a new accounting system that runs on bothplatforms. So, if a user prefers a Mac computer, they get a Mac; if another user prefers a Windows machine, they get a Windows computer. With the rise of cloud computing, platform independence is increasing even more.
In our opinion, for businesses, this flexibility of choice is perfectly paws-a-tive!
IT Radix provides fully outsourced IT support for small to medium-sized businesses. We do everything that an internal IT department would do--only better and for less. We handle all aspects of your IT department including server/desktop administrations, networking, end-user support, vendor management, IT strategy, budgeting and more. Simply put: We run your IT department.