On Nov 29, 2007 8:54 AM, William Chops Westfield wrote: > > On Nov 28, 2007, at 2:41 PM, Funny NYPD wrote: > >> special security software? > > > Do you also do this on MAC machines? > > Nope. People who run Macs (or linux) generally acknowledge > that a good part of the "real" advantage is that they're > relatively "unsupported", and IT pretty much keeps their > hands off your machine. (of course, that also means no > semi-automatic backups, etc...) > At least your IT department will allow your Macs or Linux to join the network. I believe many organizations will not allow that without proper authorization. Some universities do support Mac OS X and/or certain Linux distributions. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist