I honestly believe that the Macs are easier for students to learn and use, more reliable, and make it easier for the students to make the most of their creativity. They are superior machines for graphic design and page layout, and equal to or superior to Windows machines in other areas as well. Exposure to different platforms cannot be a bad thing, and should prepare students for whatever they might encounter in the workplace. Alex Barber works in an ad agency of 100 people. This a painless setup, Barber writes.
Different departments lend themselves to different needs.
The creatives can see the server on the network because NT supports AppleTalk with an optional install. Newer Microsoft server software such as Windows 2000 supports AppleTalk file and printer sharing even more easily. I have a server at home and at work on Windows 2000 where setting up shared directories so that Macs could see them took five minutes. Regarding the suitability of a dual platform environment, Barber says that the important consideration is what the end users are doing with the Macs and the PCs and what they are producing. This software allows a particular PC to see an AppleTalk network over Ethernet.