Re: [Fed-Talk] Snow Leopard transition creates problems
Re: [Fed-Talk] Snow Leopard transition creates problems
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Snow Leopard transition creates problems
- From: Allan Marcus <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:28:48 -0600
We worked with our local Apple reseller and Apple to get permission to
install 10.5 on any machine that comes in with 10.6. Until Apple
releases new hardware this is 10.6 dependent, which you know it will,
we just install 10.5 on all new machines. Those that have the 10.6
drop in DVD or Installer DVD are licensed for 10.6 once we start to
allow it.
I ended up posted Install DVD images for all the hardware platforms
Apple sells on our internal Web site so our field techs can download
them as needed. The field tech needs to restore the image onto an
external drive, then simply boot from the external drive to install
the software.
This has always been an issue with Apple and their enterprise folks
are well aware of it.
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Thanks,
Allan Marcus
505-667-5666
On Sep 28, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Rex Sanders wrote:
The release of Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard has created big problems
for us,
that have nothing to do with Snow Leopard bugs or new features.
10.4 - apparently no longer supported by Apple, including security
fixes.
We must move users to 10.5 or newer, except ...
10.5 - no longer sold, and won't run on older Macs, so we should buy
new
Macs, which run ...
10.6 - which is not yet supported by key third party products (e.g.
Symantec AV, ADmitMac, Juniper VPN, ...), and in some cases won't be
supported until next spring. That means 10.6 is banned for a while.
Switching to different third-party products is not an option for us.
Catch-22? (*)
In theory - all our 10.4 users, and new Mac users, must get a PC
running
... Windows XP, since we don't support Vista, and Windows 7 isn't
approved
yet.
At least I get more time to write a 10.6 STIG.
Would it kill Apple to sell 10.N-1 for a few months after the
release of
10.N? At least to large customers?
Any chance Apple could get enterprise-critical third-party vendors
on board
for new Mac OS X releases?
Could the "viruses not a problem on Mac OS X" meme lead to delays in
releasing updated anti-virus software for Macs?
-- Rex Sanders, USGS
(*) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22_(logic)
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