Dave_H

Just so long you are aware of a few pitfalls. There is no built in ethernet port. You can buy an adapter that can be connected via the USB port. But there is only one USB port. And obviously there is no built in optical drive. A portable optical drive would need to be used. If you can deal without these then yes, i agree, a lovely looking piece of kit if getting used for surfing the net, running VMWare, office documents. For using more processor intensive applications however you might be better to look at a macbook pro?

Are your macs bound to the windows domain? can you get your macs to print at all? Who is logging in to the macs - network users or local users?

If you only have a small amount of macs is it worth setting up a DHCP reservation lease for each mac in server 2008? That way each mac will get the same IP address, the DHCP lease will never expire and you can get your DNS name this way Dave

Simples... You need to select the option you are looking for. eg. Sidebar and right click and select new key. From here you will see a list of options that are configurable Dave

Syncing within an AD/OD environment can often throw up many errors. Especially when user profiles are stored on a SMB share. Has anyone thought about having local homes on log in with the AD home folder getting mounted on the desktop? This way end users can appreciate the full power of a mac whilst still having access to home folders. Lets be realistic - a mac is a creative piece of equipment and the reason people use macs is for creative software. Is it not an option to work locally and then drag finished pieces of work across to the network share? Yes this takes user education - but its definitely worth it in the long run?