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Re: Mac Lab Dual Boot
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Skalski)
Mon Jan 28 08:32:39 2013
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Hi Richard,
We are about 90% dual boot across campus, running iMacs and MacBook Pros
for faculty, staff and labs, and minis for classroom installations. We used
to buy keyboards that were made for dual boot setups, but have found that
regular PC keyboards work just as well. We also put a few Apple keyboards
in dual boot labs and those that prefer them gravitate to them.
While we do have many users using VMWare Fusion, we've never used it in a
lab.
The biggest problem we face is remote management - you never know when a
computer might be booted into Windows or OS X.
On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Richard Musal <richard.musal@manhattan.edu
> wrote:
> Hello All
> My supervisor has asked me to investigate replacing one of our PC labs
> with a Mac lab. This lab would dual boot Windows.
>
> My thinking is use boot camp, get a keyboard (
> http://matias.ca/usb2keyboard/index.php) that has keys for both OSes, use
> a Mac mini with great specs.
>
> Just want to see if anyone has done this already. If yes:
>
> Any pit falls I need to look out for?
>
> Is my logic sound or is there a better way?
>
> Would virtualization of windows make more sense using something like
> parallels?
>
> Thank you for your assistance
> Rich
>
> ________________________
> Richard A. Musal, M.A., P.D.
> Assistant Director of Client Services & Operations
> Information Technology Services
> Manhattan College
> Riverdale, NY 10471
> Phone: 718-862-7933
> richard.musal@manhattan.edu
> www.manhattan.edu
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St. Olaf College
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Richard,<div><br></div><div style>We are about 90% dual=
boot across campus, running iMacs and MacBook Pros for faculty, staff and =
labs, and minis for classroom installations. We used to buy keyboards that =
were made for dual boot setups, but have found that regular PC keyboards wo=
rk just as well. We also put a few Apple keyboards in dual boot labs and th=
ose that prefer them gravitate to them.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>While we do have many users using VMWare Fu=
sion, we've never used it in a lab.</div><div style><br></div><div styl=
e>The biggest problem we face is remote management - you never know when a =
computer might be booted into Windows or OS X.</div>
</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat,=
Jan 26, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Richard Musal <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"m=
ailto:richard.musal@manhattan.edu" target=3D"_blank">richard.musal@manhatta=
n.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div>Hello All</div><div>M=
y supervisor has asked me to investigate replacing one of our PC labs with =
a Mac lab. This lab would dual boot Windows.=A0</div>
<div><br></div><div>My thinking is use boot camp, get a keyboard (<span sty=
le=3D"font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href=3D"http:/=
/matias.ca/usb2keyboard/index.php" target=3D"_blank">http://matias.ca/usb2k=
eyboard/index.php</a>)=A0</span>that has keys for both OSes, use a Mac mini=
with great specs.=A0</div>
<div><br></div><div>Just want to see if anyone has done this already. =A0If=
yes:</div><div><br></div><div>Any pit falls I need to look out for?</div><=
div><br></div><div>Is my logic sound or is there a better way?</div><div>
<br></div><div>Would virtualization of windows make more sense using someth=
ing like parallels?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your assistance<=
/div><div>Rich<br><br><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">=
________________________<br>
Richard A. Musal, M.A., P.D.<br>Assistant Director of Client Services &=
Operations<br>Information Technology Services<br>Manhattan College<br><a>R=
iverdale, NY 10471</a><br>Phone:=A0<a href=3D"tel:718-862-7933" target=3D"_=
blank">718-862-7933</a><br>
<a href=3D"mailto:richard.musal@manhattan.edu" target=3D"_blank">richard.mu=
sal@manhattan.edu</a><br><a href=3D"http://www.manhattan.edu/" target=3D"_b=
lank">www.manhattan.edu</a><br>___________________________<br>Sent from my =
iPhone</span></div>
</div>
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</p></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Tony Ska=
lski<br>Systems Administrator<br><a href=3D"mailto:ajs@stolaf.edu" target=
=3D"_blank">ajs@stolaf.edu</a><br>507-786-3227<br>St. Olaf College<br>Infor=
mation Technology<br>
1510 St. Olaf Avenue<br>Northfield, MN =A0 =A055057-1097<br>---------------=
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