RE: [PCTECH] OT - Mac Question...

["Chuck Lewis" <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the info Mike :-)

Yep, I had spaced the Mochasoft emulator; thanks for the reminder !

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mike Wills
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 1:43 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] OT - Mac Question...

I don't concider this OT since a mac, is really a PC.

As to the question: Since OS X is UNIX, it has built in VPN (generally
open-standards only) and there is a 5250 emulator through Mochasoft.
Yes, there is an MS version of Office (although look and feel might be
a bit different). For a home machine (assuming no gaming) an iMac or
low-end G5 would be the best.


On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:02:33 -0500, Chuck Lewis <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Had one of the owners come to me and ask about Mac's. Were I used to work
we
> had them in the labs and Graphic Arts. He we had them in Graphic Arts but
> replaced them with PC's sometime ago. Anyone familiar enough with these to
> recommend a model/base configuration ? It is for home use and he is
> ***concerned about security ***,  wants to be able to do what he can do on
> the PC on the Mac (can do that with Microsoft Office, I already confirmed
> that.) I think I might have some other issues (our VPN and "5250"
software).
> 
> Thanks !
> 
> Chuck
>