Re: [Oscarmcmaster-bc-users] Mac and mix O/S clients
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From: Dr. D. H C. <dc...@mc...> - 2009-12-08 11:59:24
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Not to mention the environment. JY's Mac mini consumes only 18W on idling and our office (over 100 iMac's) has saved tons of money since moving from Windoz boxes to iMac's. David On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Günther Klein <drg...@sh...> wrote: > Cool solution with the mini CPU in the cupboard (no pun intended). The > operating temperature is definitely a factor if you lock a PC into a > cupboard in the exam room. I've been playing with complicated ventilation > solutions for years. My current fix is to have two cooling fans per > cupboard, with one exhaust fan installed in the upper part of the cabinet > and an intake fan in the lower part to move cold air through the cabinet. I > keep my machines booted up 24/7, run virus scans overnight and have them > restart automatically every three days or so. So heat builds up. Nice not > to > have to worry about cooling fans... > > Gunther > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Yap [mailto:joh...@sh...] > Sent: December 8, 2009 12:46 AM > To: The OSCAR BC UserGroup list > Subject: Re: [Oscarmcmaster-bc-users] Mac and mix O/S clients > > I agree with JF about the Mac reliability and speed. Our office has a > mixture of Macs (my workstations) and PC's (partner's workstation). > All our MOA's use iMacs. They hook up to our network more reliably. > Preview is a very powerful program. You can view pdf files, drag and > drop pages from other pdf files, resort - and it's all in front of > you. You can convert png to pdf to tiff files. It's incredibly > handy. If you want to have a quicker peak at the file contents, Mac > OS allows you to highlight the file, and hit space bar, and it's right > there! No Windoze thumbnail is big enough to read, but the space bar > feature allows normal-sighted people to read the print. I don't think > the MOA's would manage as easily with Adobe Pro, compared with Preview. > > If you're just worried about the work-station, then either would do > fine. But the Mac OS is more reliable. Plus, there are issues with > Firefox 3 and some of the e-forms being printed on WinXP systems - > check boxes are light and too small. Not a problem with Mac OS and FF3. > > I'm using Mac Mini's, with wireless keyboard and mouse. The CPU is > hidden away in the cupboard - locked up. It's a very "clean" look. > See pix - the top cupboard houses the Mac mini, and is locked up. The > mini runs really cool, so I'm not worried about ventilation. The > keyboard and mouse are placed in teh cupboard and locked up at the end > of the day. The outdated Readers Digest is a requisite in every exam > room! > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Oscarmcmaster-bc-users mailing list > Osc...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscarmcmaster-bc-users > -- David H Chan, MD, CCFP, MSc, FCFP Associate Professor Department of Family Medicine McMaster University http://oscarmcmaster.org |