Campus network compatibility
i just spent 2500$ on new powerbook.. and it turns out it might not work at my school.
im goin to marist college in the fall www.marist.edu
ijust got a newsletter and it says that the network only supports Windows XP and 2000, i emailed them
can it really be true that OSX wotn work on the network? i dont see how thats possible
I have panther, so it should be compatible im pretty sure
no way im returning this powerbook
im goin to marist college in the fall www.marist.edu
ijust got a newsletter and it says that the network only supports Windows XP and 2000, i emailed them
can it really be true that OSX wotn work on the network? i dont see how thats possible
I have panther, so it should be compatible im pretty sure
no way im returning this powerbook
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my school has a linux lab
http://www.marist.edu/it/training/labs.html?labid=26
and im sure these computers are connected to the same network
how can linux work and OSX not?
http://www.marist.edu/it/resnet/fallsupport.html
I find two things really funny about this, though. One is that Windows older than 2000 is "NOT ALLOWED" on the network. Not unsupported - not allowed at all. Funny, but understandable from a security standpoint. I can only assume that security, not laziness, is the reason they won't support the OS that probably 90% of their students will be using - XP Home. I guess they want to encourage people to upgrade to XP Pro, but I'm really doubt that would be a cost-effective solution to Windows security problems (certainly not for the students who would have to pay $200 a pop). If XP Home is unsupported, it's that much less likely most student's systems will ever be patched or updated. But the IT staff sure did figured out a way to reduce their workload by 90-99%.
Josh