Nickname: rcarr

Review: In travelling with a Mac, has anyone found problems created by going through an X-ray, such as preventing the LCD screen from operating properly?

Date reviewed: Feb 19, 2006 10:06 PM

Nickname: Peter

Review: I too am an Apple user that woks for agency dedicated to Window users. Not sure if you are aware that Cisco offers a VPN Solution that can be used on OS X. I have been using it and continue to run OS X!

Date reviewed: Feb 14, 2006 2:25 AM

Nickname: Hugh

Review: In response to Duh who asked of Arik: "Will Virtual PC not allow you to access your company via virtual private network?" I know our government organization does not allow Virtual PC to work on our VPN, just as it does not permit it to work via satellite connection services (DirecPC, as an example). I have Virtual PC as well as GuestPC, and they work nicely here and for many purposes, but do not work on our VPN. In my case, it is a US government VPN where all the world is currently Dell. I have talked with our IT people and some of them are at least aware of Apple and advantages to it but, for now, the VPN is not possible here. It is always good, though, to keep asking IT as they do need to help us do our jobs, just as we need to understand theirs is to protect the network.

Date reviewed: Feb 10, 2006 9:48 PM

Nickname: MacDan

Review: I work in the IT department of a company in Salt Lake City. We have no Mac computers in the office. However, I have three Macs at home and two other members of the IT department have Macs. We have also discovered more and more Mac home users in our company. I don't know why your company has such a silly policy about Macs connecting to their network via VPN. We used Microsoft's VPN up until last year when we switched to CISCO VPN. In both instances we provided for and allowed Mac users to connect. It was no big deal, no harder than supporting another Windows user, and certainly not less secure. Your IT department needs to lighten up! Especially considering Windows is so heavily attacked and full of vulnerabilities, they should be thankful to have Macs connecting to the network!!

Date reviewed: Feb 10, 2006 3:16 AM

Nickname: jane

Review: It's really amusing that you look to Apple, a company that competes with both Dell and Microsoft, to provide a way for you to overide the security precautions put in place by your company's IT support. Either your IT folks are right to mandate those policies, in which case you are just a whiner, or they are wrong and you should propose a better solution to management and be ready to accept that they may chose to go a different route despite your input. Maybe you can ask Comedy Central for assistance.

Date reviewed: Feb 10, 2006 1:22 AM

Nickname: peterbkk

Review: Why is it that IT users such as yourself allow IT department to dictate such things to you. Seems to me as if your company has things upside down. The IT department is there to support you, not boss you around. Sounds like you ought to get a bunch of like-minded users together and over-throw your oppressors. Don't let the tail wag the dog.

Date reviewed: Feb 10, 2006 12:55 AM

Nickname: runxp@mac.com

Review: Participate this contest and the question will not be raised again: http://www.runxponmac.com A free virtualization application on top of Mac OS X will allow everyone to run operating systems from Windows to Linux on any new Mac Intel.

Date reviewed: Feb 10, 2006 12:22 AM

Nickname: Joe I.

Review: Have you tried Microsoft's Virtual PC Software?

Date reviewed: Feb 9, 2006 11:10 PM

Nickname: r

Review: So, it is Apple's fault that your IT people refuse to allow an OS X virtual private network connection? And why is it up to Apple to make a competing operating system available on their computers? Isn't the better solution to have your company realize that Macs are more secure than Windows PCs, and have them allow you to use the VPN system? Honestly, you cannot lay any of this at Apple's feet. They are in business to sell their computers and operating systems. And, they have done nothing to stop you from installing Windows if you like. I'll eagerly await your articles about how all the software companies that make Windows-only versions should make OS X versions as well. The logic is similar.

Date reviewed: Feb 9, 2006 10:36 PM

Nickname: Duh

Review: Will Virtual PC not allow you to access your company via virtual private network?

Date reviewed: Feb 9, 2006 10:13 PM