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NOTICE! Before requesting a Apple computer purchase, please consider carefully whether any of the below mentioned limitations might prevent work on a computer installed with Apple OS X operating system. By default Windows computers are recommended for staff. |
One work computer, one operating system
At Metropolia, we abide by the rule "one work computer, one operating system per person" when making purchases. In other words, an Apple computer should not be purchased in addition to a Windows computer and vice versa.
Also, local virtual machine implementations where Windows is installed inside the OS X operating system or as native operating system in a separate disk partition (Bootcamp) is not supported as a rule, following the mentioned guide line.
All additional virtual environments are an extra burden on the maintenance force and may lower the quality of support services.
General VMware virtual machines are meant to compensate for the insufficiences e.g. of the OS X system.
All compensating applications needed for the OS X operating systems will be billed to the study program.
Limitations in wireless networks
At the moment, because of technical reasons it is not possible to authenticate the OS X operating system in Metropolia staff's metropolia-staff wireless network. A fix may be coming.
Staff members can use the metropolia-student wireless network with their usernames in OS X.
Notice, however, that their is now access from metropolia-student to network drives.
Apple OS X limitations
There are limitations in the availability of software and services to the Apple OS X operating system.
Windows service | Mac implementation |
MS Office | MS Office 2011, native |
MS Project | VMware virtual machine |
MS Publisher | VMware virtual machine |
MS Visio | OmniGrafflePro, native, for extra fee |
WinhaPro | VMware virtual machine |
AutoCAD | AutoCAD for Mac, native, for extra fee |
Warranty
Apple computers have a three year warranty. The user must take a computer needing service covered by warranty to an authorized dealer. The computer can usually be picked up one to three days later. (Cf. Windows workstations which have a four year warranty and service onsite covered by warranty.)
Apple computer prices
Click here for the prices of Apple computers.