10 Signs that the Mac is Ready for the Business World

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  dingbat01

  09/01/09 | Report as spam

  RE: 10 Signs that the Mac is Ready for the Business World

  Another reason is that Virus writers are actively targetting it. No reason to target "jut a bunch of home users" when Businesses will do nicely...

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  jedidethfreak

  11/06/09 | Report as spam

  RE: 10 Signs that the Mac is Ready for the Business World

  The Mac won't be ready for business until Apple, as a
  company, drops the corporate ethos of "If you don't use a
  Mac, you're just not cool." Also, they need to drop the
  prices to be more competitive, because in business, the dollar
  rules. If I can get a PC that is already compatible with what
  I'm already running, versus getting a Mac that's twice the
  price of a comparable PC that may not be compatible with
  what I'm already running without added software and setup,
  I'm not going to bother with the Mac, no matter how
  "business ready" it is.

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  Cloud737

  12/02/09 | Report as spam

  One Reason why Mac is NOT Ready for the Business World

  Windows.
  
  Yes, to make it short and blunt, it's Windows. Businesses have long used Winodws and gotten used to it that it would probably be hard for them to switch.
  
  If you're going to use an OS in an enterprise environment, it's best to have only one OS throughout the company. Hybrid deployment would make maintenance a real pain, not to mention more costly.
  
  Then again, if you would use Mac thorough your company, having a support department for it would be even more costly and hard to keep (there aren't many people skilled with Macs), not to mention users would complain about not working like they expected (in Windows).
  
  A second reason would be that a Mac (as a whole computer, not just the OS) is just too costly compared to the market average for the same hardware, but if Apple will sell just the OS to businesses, and at a reasonable, competitive price, then it would be ok.
  
  So, while yes, Apple indeed has made steps to make the Mac more business-friendly and ready, it still has a long, long (and very improbable) way to go before it can even become a real choice in the business environment, and the bad news is that tech and ability to do things alone won't help, it's marketing and market strategy that would probably turn the tides. That's how it always has been in the business world.