Ari Ukkonen
07-06-2003, 09:10 PM
In article <flippo-0D4DAB.13004806072003[at]news.central.cox.net>,
flip <flippo[at]mac.com> wrote:
> In article <dd5de929.0307060738.5068d9fa[at]posting.google.com>,
> imouttahere[at]mac.com (Heywood Mogroot) wrote:
>
> > Me <Me[at]myinternet.com> wrote in message
> > news:<be8ukj$24j8$1[at]otis.netspace.net.au>...
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Just thought I'd like to write to let you guys know
> > > that some of us in the corporate world are looking very
> > > seriously at the Apple Macintosh platform.
> > >
> > > Over the last year or so, OSX has begun showing up on the
> > > radar of quite a few people in the IT industry, people
> > > like myself who manage a corproate IT department are
> > > looking for alternatives to MicroSoft windows.
> > >
> > > We're now trialing an iMac in the office to see what
> > > people think of it and so far the feedback has been
> > > very positive, they take up very little deskspace,
> > > are quiet, their screens are easy on the eye and with
> > > Office.X we've got full 'Office' functionality.
> > >
> > > I'd be interested in hearing about other people who
> > > have/are looking at the iMac in the corporate workplace.
> > >
> > > -Me
> >
> > Don't you know you can get a 2.66GHz Dell desktop system for only $699
> > with a $100-off coupon?
> >
> > Why on earth would anyone want an iMac that costs TWICE as much!
>
> Because it has less support cost? Easier to use? More productive? Or
> they don't want to sell their soul to Microsoft? Or perhaps they just
> prefer Macs?
Exactly. IT Support departments would be out of jobs. Now if people
really need Windows compatibility, there is a free way of doing it, use
Terminal Server and the Mac MS Remote Desktop Client. :) Right now, our
company has PC's connecting to Terminal Servers at each larger branch
office to reduce support costs. If they replaced those, now redundant,
PC's with iMacs, they would save even more because all software that is
proprietary for windows already runs on the Terminal servers.
--
Ari Ukkonen
flip <flippo[at]mac.com> wrote:
> In article <dd5de929.0307060738.5068d9fa[at]posting.google.com>,
> imouttahere[at]mac.com (Heywood Mogroot) wrote:
>
> > Me <Me[at]myinternet.com> wrote in message
> > news:<be8ukj$24j8$1[at]otis.netspace.net.au>...
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Just thought I'd like to write to let you guys know
> > > that some of us in the corporate world are looking very
> > > seriously at the Apple Macintosh platform.
> > >
> > > Over the last year or so, OSX has begun showing up on the
> > > radar of quite a few people in the IT industry, people
> > > like myself who manage a corproate IT department are
> > > looking for alternatives to MicroSoft windows.
> > >
> > > We're now trialing an iMac in the office to see what
> > > people think of it and so far the feedback has been
> > > very positive, they take up very little deskspace,
> > > are quiet, their screens are easy on the eye and with
> > > Office.X we've got full 'Office' functionality.
> > >
> > > I'd be interested in hearing about other people who
> > > have/are looking at the iMac in the corporate workplace.
> > >
> > > -Me
> >
> > Don't you know you can get a 2.66GHz Dell desktop system for only $699
> > with a $100-off coupon?
> >
> > Why on earth would anyone want an iMac that costs TWICE as much!
>
> Because it has less support cost? Easier to use? More productive? Or
> they don't want to sell their soul to Microsoft? Or perhaps they just
> prefer Macs?
Exactly. IT Support departments would be out of jobs. Now if people
really need Windows compatibility, there is a free way of doing it, use
Terminal Server and the Mac MS Remote Desktop Client. :) Right now, our
company has PC's connecting to Terminal Servers at each larger branch
office to reduce support costs. If they replaced those, now redundant,
PC's with iMacs, they would save even more because all software that is
proprietary for windows already runs on the Terminal servers.
--
Ari Ukkonen