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IBM Launches New Service to Deploy Macs to Businesses Around the World
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If wants to be serious about growing its hardware business, it has to look beyond putting all their eggs in the iphone basket. As a former Windows user I can tell you that IMHO the only reason to use anything MS is office. That said, needs to get serious about making Pages much more like Word.
Once MACs make their way into the business market there is a real possibility that they could kick MS and their spyware/bloatware machines to the curb.
Once MACs make their way into the business market there is a real possibility that they could kick MS and their spyware/bloatware machines to the curb.
Umm, I have a 27" 2012 iMac in my office, alongside a 27" matte screen that's hooked up to my PC. Far and away the Mac is easier on my eyes throughout the day. And I have a 6 X 6, west facing window behind them both.
I think you misunderstood my reply. He said it was over for IBM after the PC jr. and my comment was that it must be a slow death since it is now 2015 and IBM is still plugging along,
I literally cannot see what you're talking about. I just angled my iMac 27" retina up toward the overhead fluorescent. Do I see a faint glare from a direct light source in my screen? Yes. But unless the screen is off and all I see is black, I can barely make out the shape of the lights in the reflection. It's so faint, I can safely say that it is no distraction whatsoever on this particular display. I do not know what this iMac screen is considered it but I consider it matte and anti-glare because the brightest reflections are dull and dim.
The devil turns to one of his minions and says "Is it cold in here?"
Not a big deal. Apple already exists in the enterprise although the presence is small. IBM has been in pretty bad shape the past few years and will try and sell anything these days. Besides, it is very hard to gain ground in the enterprise market; things change very slowly there as well.
Well, this ensures that Apple keeps an eye on the Macs and continues to work and upgrade them as well. Hopefully it ensures that he mini doesn't go the way of the dodo.
According to this article, Google has over 43,000 Macs in use by employees:
http://9to5mac.com/2013/11/27/how-google-manages-over-40000-macs-without-much-help-from-apple/
"While Google mentioned during the presentation that it supports four desktop OS platforms (OS X, Windows, Linux, and Chrome OS) internally, it also said these days employees that want to use a platform other than Mac OS X “have to make a business case” to do so."
Last time i was there - at begin of the year i'd "estimate" it was less then half the employees with mac, but its not like i saw every employee.. i don't know how many employees they have 50/60k.?
The real question is what are they running on those devices - the hardware is just that...
In the same was most people in IBM GS will have to use windows to support key parts of the business as the application on run on windows or linux.
The real question is what are they running on those devices - the hardware is just that...
In the same was most people in IBM GS will have to use windows to support key parts of the business as the application on run on windows or linux.
The dominance of iPhone and iPad usage in corporate america has had an "iPod" effect much like iTunes didfor for Windows.
Try it, you'll like it.... and they have and will continue to do so in droves
While this is great news for Apple it's slightly less great for the employees who will be using these Macs with Casper Suite installed. My company uses it and it's rubbish. Also of highly dubious value. However any Mac with this kind of junk software installed is still way better than having to use Windows or Linux, so I only complain very quietly.
Since the quote in that article said "it also said these days employees that want to use a platform other than Mac OS X “have to make a business case” to do so."
I would say the Macs are running OS X. And if they are developers, I would assume with a Bootcamp partition for testing other OSs as well.
Another thing is that if Apple is serious about the enterprise market, they better get serious about security. OSX and iOS are worse than Windows when it comes to vulnerabilities. Apple does a good job hiding it though.
http://www.gfi.com/blog/most-vulnerable-operating-systems-and-applications-in-2014/
http://www.neowin.net/news/mac-os-x-and-ios-top-2014-security-vulnerability-list
http://www.networkworld.com/article...rating-systems-in-2014-ie-wins-worst-app.html
http://www.zdnet.com/article/mac-os-x-is-the-most-vulnerable-os-claims-security-firm/
Security through obscurity will not work well as Macs get more popular.
http://www.gfi.com/blog/most-vulnerable-operating-systems-and-applications-in-2014/
http://www.neowin.net/news/mac-os-x-and-ios-top-2014-security-vulnerability-list
http://www.networkworld.com/article...rating-systems-in-2014-ie-wins-worst-app.html
http://www.zdnet.com/article/mac-os-x-is-the-most-vulnerable-os-claims-security-firm/
Security through obscurity will not work well as Macs get more popular.
20B in revenues and 50% profit margin is obviously exactly the same as : DOA (sic).
You not happy with your free headache? Maybe they'll trade you up to an all out migraine.
I work for a Fortune 500 company in Silicon Valley and we've had the option to use Macs for a while. While the hardware and OS are much preferred, and Macs work well for many development tasks, there is just no credible alternative to certain productivity apps. For example, Office for Mac just plain sucks compared to the Windows counterparts (particularly Outlook), many add-ins don't work, and the support for widely used collaboration platforms such as Sharepoint is pretty bad. We also use the JAMF enterprise management solution and it is, let's say, lacking as well. I'd really like to see Apple succeed in the enterprise market, but it's currently not easy to live with ...
Right... That's why I get 400 security patches a year, because MS is "serious" about security.
Man, I wish this was actually comedy.
Just like broken down cars are better if you spend all year fixing them...