10-05-2006, 11:18 PM
[quote Racer X]And with the Intel macs dual platform, why should they really care at this point.
Are you asking why the company would care if they got a Macintosh or not?
Because in order to standardize purchasing and support costs and issues, companies tend to standardize on manufacturers, vendors, and platforms. If they have an IT support team, the IT support team will create a known infrastructure they can easily support in order to maximize uptime and minimize corporate disruption.
For better or for worse, this is why Apple has made very few inroads into the corporate world.
If the company has standardized on hardware because it meets their price/performance point and support metrics, they are very reluctant to go outside of that hardware. They might have HP stuff all over, but won't go Gateway. So it's even worse for Apple, never mind that Apple is using off-the-shelf components.
In short, they care very much about a non-standard piece of hardware/software coming into the environment--even if it's just another mainstream Windows box from a mainstream company.
Are you asking why the company would care if they got a Macintosh or not?
Because in order to standardize purchasing and support costs and issues, companies tend to standardize on manufacturers, vendors, and platforms. If they have an IT support team, the IT support team will create a known infrastructure they can easily support in order to maximize uptime and minimize corporate disruption.
For better or for worse, this is why Apple has made very few inroads into the corporate world.
If the company has standardized on hardware because it meets their price/performance point and support metrics, they are very reluctant to go outside of that hardware. They might have HP stuff all over, but won't go Gateway. So it's even worse for Apple, never mind that Apple is using off-the-shelf components.
In short, they care very much about a non-standard piece of hardware/software coming into the environment--even if it's just another mainstream Windows box from a mainstream company.