{"id":8072,"date":"2022-01-26T14:28:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T21:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gsbstudents\/?p=8072"},"modified":"2022-02-09T11:19:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T18:19:53","slug":"offering-windows-operating-system-to-mac-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gsbstudents\/2022\/01\/26\/offering-windows-operating-system-to-mac-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Offering Windows Operating System to Mac Users"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below are two ways in which users with Mac can access Windows-based applications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Virtual Box (free program to download<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Macintosh operating system, we install Virtual Box. Doing so installs a virtual machine inside the Macintosh. Windows can then be installed on the Macintosh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtual Box solution is completely free to our students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Drawbacks<\/span>: High RAM and hard-disk usage as Mac runs both Mac OS and Windows OS at the<br>same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Setup instructions<\/span>: The SBA IT group has created a tutorial for installing Windows on the Virtual<br>Box system. It can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1fh3ThCY5j4KPUxf88IGd2UQ0h6m3BaMr\/edit\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. VPN Web Portal using FortiClient<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For our students, we have an ingenious type of VPN where the VPN user connects to a single<br>computer (typically a lab computer) on campus. Simply log into a website and build a shortcut.<br>Then put in the address for a single computer in the lab. This way, a lab computer can be<br>assigned to a few students and allows them to use that lab computer as if they were sitting in<br>front of it, using that machine physically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Drawbacks<\/span>: Only one user may log in and use the remote desktop at one time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Setup instructions<\/span>: In order for someone to take advantage of the VPN option, there is a<br>specific setup required for each user. Each user is setup individually and will be provided with<br>instructions for their part. Interested individuals should contact Robert Joyce or Jared<br>Wiltshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For help with installation, contact Robert Joyce (Email: joyce@gonzaga.edu; Room: Jepson 07-<br>B) or Jared Wiltshire (Email: wiltshire@gonzaga.edu; Room: Jepson 07-A)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are two ways in which users with Mac can access Windows-based applications: 1. Virtual Box (free program to download) On Macintosh operating system, we install Virtual Box. Doing so installs a virtual machine inside the Macintosh. Windows can then be installed on the Macintosh. Virtual Box solution is completely &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":8073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","column","threecol","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gsbstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gsbstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gsbstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gsbstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gsbstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gsbstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8074,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gsbstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8072\/revisions\/8074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gsbstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gsbstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gsbstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gsbstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}