Sony 1, Apple 0

[Timepass]

well from an IT side windows offers a lot of things OSX does not offer. Namely control. It is a lot easier to control XP from one location than it is with OSX. IT guys can set up limited access to exactly what they want to give you access to a heck of a lot eaiser. I not even sure you can do that in OSX. Plus all the drive imanage is easier to do.

Windows main market is big corpations and there OS is set up for that. OSX main focus is indivial users and that comes at a price is centralized IT is not as easy or setting up the control is not as easily done (if possible)

As for the OP I think the only reason they dont want to bend the rules is it means bending the rules and they dont want to have to deal with others saying well you did it for this person. And the other asking dont have as much freedom on there computers as the OP. It one way of doing it. Dont make expession to the rules is how IT deparment is looking at it.

As as I stated OSX is a lot harder to control from one location than XP (for example setting like not allowing ablitly to change the desktop and lots of little things like that)

 

[rdowns]

So I got my new Sony today and I must say, it is one frackin' nice notebook. Was too busy to do much with it but it is blazing fast (Core Duo 2GHz with 1GB RAM) and I even like the glossy screen. The idiots in IT ordered the wrong configuration (ended up with camera, finger print reader and bluetooth) but what the hell. Now I know why they complained it was more expensive.

Of course, they also ordered the wrong size sleeve and spare AC adapter and shorted me one docking station.

 

[WildCowboy]

Other than that, they did a good job with the ordering though, right?

Glad to hear you've ended up with a decent alternative to the MBP...now, if only you could put OS X on it...

 

[rdowns]

Other than that, they did a good job with the ordering though, right?

Glad to hear you've ended up with a decent alternative to the MBP...now, if only you could put OS X on it...

What really sucks is, while I can afford to buy a MBP, I just have no need for it with this new Sony and my trusty little iBook. As it stands, the iBook will only come out for periodic battery charges since I have an iMac G5.