[Casper] Dual booting Macbooks!!!!

[Brenner, John]

Ick is terminal server a possibility?  How many concurrent users?   It may
end up being a wash cost wise and be a heck of a lot easier....


On 6/30/08 12:45 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

> Guess I should clarify....
> 
> The old mac version corrupts the database files on intel macs.  The windows
> version works with out a hitch, hence the need to load windows clients on the
> macs...
> 
> Sorry Should have pointed that out to begin with.
> 
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> cell:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
>>>> "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> 06/30/08 12:36 PM >>>
> The problem is with this software to my knowledge is that it is based on older
> PPC and classic architecture and while it does in fact run under Rosetta when
> it writes results to their database it corrupts it.  This is a problem
> particular to OS X so I think that using a PPC emulator or even an API like
> crossover or perhaps even a virtual machine will all be moot.  We have
> unlimited windows 98 client and I am installing a virtual machine of it right
> now via virtual box.
> 
> We can't pick up a new product because there is no way to migrate the database
> to another technology.  The developer says they promise a web based product by
> 2009, but what does that mean?  All it means to me is that this next school
> year I will be forced to do whatever it takes to get this software to work.
> 
> This is a known issue and is why the developer offered to pay 90% of our one
> year lease costs of WinXP Pro on 6,000 clients.
> 
> I have done this before in iMac labs with Bombich's software and the boot camp
> beta, and it all worked.  However, the 1:1 laptop environment is a bit
> different.  After I get everything up and running I got to make sure the
> machine is still locked down on both sides since our students take their
> machines home, and because the FCC and CIPA require us to filter their
> Internet surfing.
> 
> This will be a project indeed.
> 
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> cell:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
>>>> "Smith, William" <william.smith at merrillcorp.com> 06/30/08 12:24 PM >>>
> On 6/30/08 12:14 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
> 
>> Due to powers that be it looks like I must load Windows on all of our
>> Macbooks
>> for one piece of software.  This is a critical piece of software that our
>> users need and there is no alternative, for a long story short.  So, the
>> software company that is in question is offering to pay for 90% of the costs
>> for windows licenses for one year until they migrate their product to a web
>> based one.
> 
> Any possibility at all that this could work in CrossOver Mac? I know not
> every Windows application works but if it does work for your application
> then it means less overhead.


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