Ha,ha,ha,ha, that's funny, Im pretty sure the exact opposite is true, also how do these employees suddenly become more intelligent.
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Macs Saving IBM Money on IT Management Despite Higher Up Front Cost
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I am the "IT guy" for my wife and two teenage daughters. It used to be nearly a full time job when they were on PCs (one desk top and 1 lap top shared between the 3 of them). Today my daughters both have 13" 2011 MBPs and my wife has a 13" MBA. I hardly ever have to touch those machines. In the past year I have probably spent a total of 2 hours between the 3 computers and that was mainly doing installs of the latest OS X.
Evidence?
You are swallowing press release and treating it like it is objective "news", while simultaneously demanding "evidence"?
Hilarious. Really. Object lesson in the dumbing down of our society.
I own a Mac, I own several Iphones. But even I am not gullible enough to ignore the obvious facts in this matter, that prevent this from being valid as an objective endorsement. And frankly it is bizarre if anyone can read this stuff and actually manage to miss that.
The press release itself pretty much ends with a disclaimer telling you the entire thing is BS because IBM has a material interest in promoting Macs. A that point they are simply saying "OK, this one is for fools only, but there are fools out there, so why not?".
You are swallowing press release and treating it like it is objective "news", while simultaneously demanding "evidence"?
Hilarious. Really. Object lesson in the dumbing down of our society.
I own a Mac, I own several Iphones. But even I am not gullible enough to ignore the obvious facts in this matter, that prevent this from being valid as an objective endorsement. And frankly it is bizarre if anyone can read this stuff and actually manage to miss that.
The press release itself pretty much ends with a disclaimer telling you the entire thing is BS because IBM has a material interest in promoting Macs. A that point they are simply saying "OK, this one is for fools only, but there are fools out there, so why not?".
Well I think your comment shows that to be an incorrect statement
IMHO, of course there are technical aspects for this difference but I think it all essentially boils down to standards.
Apple have very high standards, Microsoft less so (even the win 7 login screen causes people to press the wrong buttons such is the brilliance of the MS user experience testing). That vision will filter down to software companies who will programme to the same tune. The double whammy creates lots of problems for the end user, especially in a networked corporate environment.
I have worked in IT support for a long time so I quite like the fact MS make things that don't quite work as they should, it has kept me gainfully employed and a roof over my head
p.s. I also supported Macs pre Steve Jobs return.... desktops were okay... laptops were horrendous.
I use both and find they simply have different frustrations.
What kills me with the Windows on our work computers is how bogged down they are with all kinds of #$%^ software/bloatware/spyware.
They also use heavy encryption on 5400 RPM hard drives. It's like they want us to suffer. It's pretty well unbearable, even on a brand new machine.
I think if we used a more clean Windows and SSD, I wouldn't be cursing it so much. I wonder if it's partly the same with IBM.
I'm quite surprised you didn't see more calls at first when people made the transition, then the number drop off once the dust has settled.
What kills me with the Windows on our work computers is how bogged down they are with all kinds of #$%^ software/bloatware/spyware.
They also use heavy encryption on 5400 RPM hard drives. It's like they want us to suffer. It's pretty well unbearable, even on a brand new machine.
I think if we used a more clean Windows and SSD, I wouldn't be cursing it so much. I wonder if it's partly the same with IBM.
I'm quite surprised you didn't see more calls at first when people made the transition, then the number drop off once the dust has settled.
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Funny, I've never missed this so-called mythical lack of "customization" PC users keep speaking of...
People who obsess over specs without context are the same as men who obsess over penis size. Bigger is not always better, hun
You pay for it now or you pay for it later.
I had a CEO who was nothing but a glorified accountant that never made the CPA exams and "promoted herself" into executive management. Her imagination level was barely enough to order something new on the local lunch menu and could never look down a road on any capital purchase. She hated Macs as they were "too expensive and not worth it."
Any major purchase came down to getting the cheapest hardware and software to keep people working. However, when the sub-standard equipment came in, too much staff labor was spent more handing IT issues than doing their actual job. I literally saw entire floors of people just wait on machine lag and storage issues. She also got the cheapest broadband out there with constant slow web page loads. At times, labor was functioning at one half to one quarter of their capability due to their equipment. Even the office furniture was surplus without any color matching at all.
My last month there, I kept on quoting, "The high cost of being cheap." to her where she started to yell at me in front of fellow staff. That was enough for me and her. A quick closed office door talk immediately followed where I didn't back down and demand to see the company ledger and review expenses. She refused to show it and I quit that week.
I had a CEO who was nothing but a glorified accountant that never made the CPA exams and "promoted herself" into executive management. Her imagination level was barely enough to order something new on the local lunch menu and could never look down a road on any capital purchase. She hated Macs as they were "too expensive and not worth it."
Any major purchase came down to getting the cheapest hardware and software to keep people working. However, when the sub-standard equipment came in, too much staff labor was spent more handing IT issues than doing their actual job. I literally saw entire floors of people just wait on machine lag and storage issues. She also got the cheapest broadband out there with constant slow web page loads. At times, labor was functioning at one half to one quarter of their capability due to their equipment. Even the office furniture was surplus without any color matching at all.
My last month there, I kept on quoting, "The high cost of being cheap." to her where she started to yell at me in front of fellow staff. That was enough for me and her. A quick closed office door talk immediately followed where I didn't back down and demand to see the company ledger and review expenses. She refused to show it and I quit that week.
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I wonder if apple would try to buy IBM. Seems like a interesting concept from a distance but closer up not so much.
People who obsess over specs without context are the same as men who obsess over penis size. Bigger is not always better, hun
Uh, I notice no change in penis size when using my mac.
You're visiting the wrong websites.
OK, fixed. haha
But seriously, what a humiliation for IBM. I guess we all just wait for the 1984 ad where all the automatons are sitting there with glowing apply logos.
What "humiliation"? IBM has not been in the workstation hardware or software business for some years, so they just want the best platform for productivity at a reasonable cost - that's Mac.
Yup... my experience as well. I used to spend a day a week troubleshooting my computer. As an independent consultant that's money lost. I bought MacBook Pro when they switched to the Intel platform. From that day forward I ran Windows in a VM. These days I find I only use a Windows VM to test client setups... the rest is platform independent.
I think Nadella has seen the writing on the wall (unlike Balmer). The future for software companies is in services. Apple should focus on what they are good at... being a hardware company and leave the services part to companies like Microsoft and IBM... which I guess they are doing.
I actually go one step further, I wouldn't be surprised if not far in the future Apple and Microsoft will have a strategic partnership similar to the one they have with IBM. The Windows Desktop cashcow is getting smaller and will soon be irrelevant.
I think Nadella has seen the writing on the wall (unlike Balmer). The future for software companies is in services. Apple should focus on what they are good at... being a hardware company and leave the services part to companies like Microsoft and IBM... which I guess they are doing.
I actually go one step further, I wouldn't be surprised if not far in the future Apple and Microsoft will have a strategic partnership similar to the one they have with IBM. The Windows Desktop cashcow is getting smaller and will soon be irrelevant.
so are people with not typing in their passwords randomly
But guess what? on either platform, that happens anyway, since all users want to do IS use software,,, they don' t really care where they get it from..
However, there are less things to worry about only because be default Apple *hides* the library folder on a mac....while on windows system32 is visible to all by *default*.
This alone, probably makes a big boom. Overall.... less of a concern for us Mac users
It's true though,,, as a tech guru, most of the time is spent on Windows PC's deleting stuff from registry (yes, i'm a tinkerer) ... on a iPhone...... it works out of the box.
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