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Author Topic: Which OS is easiest to manage and maintain ?  (Read 708 times)

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Re: Which OS is easiest to manage and maintain ?
« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2017, 08:33:24 am »
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Re: Which OS is easiest to manage and maintain ?
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2017, 09:20:54 am »
Quote from: The Gorn on November 03, 2017, 06:09:42 pm
Quote from: benali72 on November 03, 2017, 02:07:23 pm
Yeah, it's true that everyone here who uses Apple likes its ease of maintenance. And now with Apple having such a big slice of the phone (and tablet) markets, it would seem to make sense for many companies to select them. Easy maintenance and great integration with mobile, a stong combination.

But, expensive, mostly proprietary, single-source hardware and software is semi-closed. (The Apple Store for apps, isn't it? And when Apple shuts out an app it's unavailable.)

The proprietary hardware is only partially true. Apple does USB 1,2,3, Thunderbolt and other stuff. I have seen that Macs can be fussy about memory but thats about it. Mac work with non-Apple mouse and keyboards. So what else do people need?

I have a NAS made by Synology at home that runs on Linux and any computer can see it - Mac, Windows, Linux. I print via network printing on any computer. Tried the Microsoft media server once - it sucked. Thanks but these dedicated devices are far better.

There is an app store for Macs but you dont have to use it to install things. The Mac store does the same thing it does for iPhone - it keeps the garbage out.

The one thing I will say, their hardware is expensive but my friend sums it up best - what is the price of your aggravation? My Mac is from 2011 and still runs just fine.
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Re: Which OS is easiest to manage and maintain ?
« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2017, 10:51:03 am »
I have an IMAC my son gave me that I only use for email, Netflix and Amazon Prime movies.   The large screen is ideal for watching videos.   It is conveniently located at a small desk in my bedroom.

Buying apps from the Apple store is not necessary.  I have installed a number of applications which I use on my other systems by downloading a .dmg file of the app and dragging it to the correct app folder.   Simple as long as the app has a .dmg file available.
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Re: Which OS is easiest to manage and maintain ?
« Reply #18 on: November 10, 2017, 01:54:29 pm »
Software for Apple's iOS (mobile) devices — iPhone, iPad and iPod — can only be obtained via Apple's App Store, unless you "jailbreak" your device, which is more trouble than it's worth for most people.

It is still possible to obtain software for Mac OS devices (desktop and laptop computers) outside Apple's App Store. I don't know when (or even if) Apple will restrict all Mac OS devices to the App Store.
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Re: Which OS is easiest to manage and maintain ?
« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2017, 06:06:07 pm »
Thanks pxsant and Arnold for the info. It helps me make more sense of what MS is trying to do with their MS store and why. Cheers.
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Re: Which OS is easiest to manage and maintain ?
« Reply #20 on: November 12, 2017, 02:12:47 pm »
I left maintaining networks a few years ago, but Windows was the most manageable because you could centrally control it with the network.  The same was not true with other devices on the network like Apple, because they were primarily personal devices allowed on the network but not company owned.  Maintaining Apple products on a network always meant buying software to accommodate them and my company didn't want the extra expense, so for a tech like me, it meant maintaining them individually.

Blackberry had the BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server) server and it was centrally controlled and that was great but after the BYOD (Bring Your Own Data) movement, if you were in tech support, you ended up maintaining many different devices on a one-on-one basis.  It was a big PITA from my point of view, but my company was happy that they didn't have to pay for more infrastructure.
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Re: Which OS is easiest to manage and maintain ?
« Reply #21 on: November 13, 2017, 08:26:36 am »
Just my .02 here.

There is no "best" O/S.  It's all relative to the experience, skill level and available time of the support staff.

From my business / corporate standpoint, Apple has a lot of proprietary crap going on "under the hood".  It's normal for the Apple updates to seriously "break" the networking stack and networking protocols (even at simple "dot" releases).  And, don't get me started on Active Directory integration changes made under the hood with almost every OS/X update (even the silent "security" updates).

And, can you ever find out just what they changed?  NO.  It's a big frigging national security issue for them.  Tons of time wasted trying to quickly develop a band aid (that's going to be on top of a lot of previous band-aids to work around earlier "dot" releases).

Jim
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