A. As per the Laptop Scheme 2013, Operating system of the Laptop needs to be compatible with Microsoft Windows environment with in ONGC. Operating system of Apple machine is OS-X i.e a customized macintosh which is way different from Windows. Due to which there are some limitations of using the Apple Laptops in ONGC Office environment
1. It does not comply with the Computer Policy defined in Windows environment through Active Directory.
2. Network Access Protection (NAP) policy (which checks that the system connecting to ONGC network is healthy or not) is not compatible with Apple which will restrict the use of Laptop in ONGC Network
3. MAC needs separate version of MS Office Application. In addition to this some other enterprise softwares and applications may or may not function.
B. To use this Laptop in ONGC office environment, User has to buy MAC with Microsoft Windows operating system license in addition to MAC OS to make Windows Compatible.