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 * Apple Mac Trial**

The purpose of this wiki is to collect feedback and insights into the use of Apple Mac in the work of Consultants and Senior Education Advisers in the CEO. //It is a condition/purpose of this trial that we gather information that will enable us to report back on the benefits, issues, considerations and possibilities that arise from using Apple Mac computers in our work.//

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Some considerations:

One aspect of the Apple machines is that it runs on a different operating system (OSX rather than windows) - what was your experience of OSX (could you find things, make things work)? - what was your experience of file management and access to files on the network? - what was your experience of accessing emails (webmail)?

The Apple machines have some native (mac only) applications. What are the possible applications/benefits of - Photobooth - iMovie - GarageBand - Safari What was your experience of these?

The IT Team have installed some Apple versions of software that you would be familiar with from Windows machines - Word - PowerPoint - eXcel - Audacity - Dreamweaver What was your experience of these?

Participants in the trial will receive some training in the use of Citrix which is installed on the trial machines and will allow users to access and log into a virtual/remote windows environment - giving access to Outlook (email. calendar, addressbook) and any "windows only" applications (e.g. windows media player).


 * ... please share your ideas and insights on these or any other considerations using the Discussion tab.**