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[Nvyseal]

images/news/apple.jpgApple's desktop market share has been inching up for some time and, if analyst stats are right, now hovers around the eight per cent mark.

But the business world remains immune to the pull of Apple's hardware, with few - if any - workers in most companies using anything other than the classic Wintel combination, in spite of demand for alternative desktop options from staff.

It's a situation that looks unlikely to change, despite the launch of a new Mac OS: a recent poll of the silicon.com CIO Jury found none of the IT chiefs surveyed said the release of Snow Leopard will prompt their business to adopt Apple desktops.

For many members of the CIO Jury, it's not a judgment on the performance of the OS itself but rather a recognition of the prohibitive costs involved in such a change.

Tead more at Silicon

[VoodooGuru]

Thanks, Dave. I needed this type of article for my proposal to get rid of the MACs in our financial department seeing as they are only being used to log into Terminal Services remotely now anyway. My boss is hard core MAC and though I think they are fine for our graphics department, they suck for everything else especially in a business environment.

BTW... MACs crash just as bad as any windows based computer. I even did a format and re-install on mine on my desktop from scratch and it still bombs at least once a day. Plus I took a 20" iMac in for a repair and had to make an appointment at the 'Genius' bar just to get them to look at it. I knew it was a video issue but since it is proprietary, it cost $315.00 to have the video card replaced. That's just plain ridiculous!

I know I can be sarcastic and make comments about Microsoft at times, but I could have replaced a video card in a PC in 10 minutes for about 50 bucks, quite possibly less.

I kind of snapped in the Mac store and went off on the 'Genius' and told 'em what I thought about their products and system of service at their stores. It's BS to have to make an appointment then travel 35 miles each way twice to get a computer fixed.
My brother was with me and he said several customers left while I was spazzing on the 'Genius'.

I want to replace the geeky looking guy on the MAC commercials. I bet I could have him in tears in 5 seconds...

This was a good post also, thanks again...

85% of Mac owners have Windows too

Edited by VoodooGuru, 07 October 2009 - 10:32 AM.