One of the key attractions of Apple’s stores is the ability to go hands-on with the computers, which are hooked to the Internet. You can surf, send/receive e-mail, iChat or just test out all the applications that are loaded onto the display computers. In turn, the key to those capabilities is keeping the computers running smoothly and free of malicious software and documents that customers create. To perform this magic, Apple shuts down each computer at night, and then re-boots them all in the morning. The process is automated and takes just minutes to insure a clean copy of OS X and applications are available each day. But the secret to returning to a default condition is Deep Freeze by Faronics, which locks down the various system and administrative options of the computer, and to restore any changed parameters [info panel. It all means that the computers work…all the time.
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Apple Employee
September 28, 2006 at 10:43 am
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Most Stores do not use Netboot. All machines are set to shutdown at a set time (example: 12am) and start-up at a set time (say: 8am). This is set in energy saver in system prefs. After machines shut down, all changes are erased from the day, DeepFreeze returns the settings, programs, etc(everything) to normal when the machine starts up the next morning.