Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Technology Overview 17,000 Students – 1000 Faculty 800 Computers in Labs – 750 PC’s – 50 Macs 150 Electronic Classrooms – 150 PC’s – 25 Mac

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Mac Dual Deployments Laptops-To-Go – 25 Laptops Laptops on Cart – 3 Macbooks on cart – Replace PC’s with Macbooks Mac Lab – 25 seat lab

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Our Goals Eliminate Dual Systems – Switcher confusion – Greater overhead Issues with Switchers Cost Savings – $900 – PC / Monitor – $ Mac – $500 - KVM switcher – $50 - Cabling

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Issues to Overcome Power Button CD Rom / Port Placement User Friendly Learning Curve

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Setup Process – Mac Put on a Mac OS Run Boot Camp - Utilities Folder Install any applications Turn off updates Cleanup and Disk Utility

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Setup Process – Windows Install Windows OS – XP, Vista – Windows 7 (supported mid 2009 – present) Bcupdate (mac drivers) – mac CD Install applications nirsoft.net Ejecting CD – nircmd on nirsoft.net Sysprep

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Setup Process - rEFIt Download rEFIt (refit.sourceforge.net) – Boot picker – boots into OS – Lacks mouse support Install Edit - Config refit.conf – Additional Boot Options – Auto searches for Bootable Partitions – Example Example

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Setup Process - Imaging Netboot Deploy Studio – Login & Join / Groups Workflow – push down both sides – Set Firmware password – Set associated images

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Post Imaging Bring up Mac Bring up Windows – Disk check – Sysprep – Clean up as needed Deepfreeze Windows Deepfreeze Mac

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Setup Process - Hardware Type of Mac – Mini Mac Mini Mac Rack Mount – middleatlantic.com CD Rom in Front

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Ports to Panel – rcicustom.com Power Button – mp3car.com Keyboard / Mouse – matias.ca Video Cable Setup Process - Hardware

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Final Product

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment

Jeremy Hamman & Greg Wemer Wright State University Managing a Mac Dual Deployment Lessons Learned Still have Faculty Resistance Bootcamp fussy Windows Imaging We can save money! – $800 – Mini Mac – $200 – Monitor – $250 – Rack Custom – $50 – Keyboard/Mouse – $25 – Cabling

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