As an OS/2 guru, you _know_ popular perception isn't in step with reality. Macs are perhaps the easiest, lowest-maintenance clients out there. Appletalk is a breeze to set up and administrate, and can run concurrently with IP stuff. As servers, well, they make great mail, web, and ftp servers. (Wouldn't want to run an enterprise off a Mac, tho. That's why God invented Unix.)
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