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A year with a Mac
It has been about a year since I made the switch to
a MacBook from my old Windows laptop and if Apple sales are any indication I'm
not alone So after a year in a
business setting what's the result?
Well- not much. I'm happy to
report no drama and no issues. I shouldn't seem so surprised but then I'm a
long-time Windows user so I'm used to surprises. Apple's operating system is intuitive with very little learning
curve. Sure, there are a few changes
that require human adjustments, Microsoft Office, for instance, has some
oddities but compatibility seems fine. I love the e-mail client but for all of
its accolades I'm not a fan of Apple's Safari. For me Firefox outshines Safari
(which seems to have some odd bugs). So would I recommend moving to Macs in a
business environment? Yes, but not enthusiastically. I'm struggling with the ROI.
Sure the Mac is fine, but it's still an expensive box from a single
vendor. Apple need to understand that the corporations of the world need
hardware priced as business tools, not fashion statements. Still, price is an issue Apple can fix and
there is no doubt that we now have a choice in the desktop market. The Mac is
here to stay in business. more...
Combined HP-EDS can explore missing methodology around how to offload IT to the cloud(s)
HP's now official pending EDS buy for just shy of $14 billion positions the combined companies to organize and manage the hosted/on-premises mix to maximum efficiency and lowest TCO. It's a great goal to shoot for because all they have to do is beat IBM. With
this merger, the IT/business transformation second-source in the global
market is a alive and well. There's always this: The better IBM does,
the more need there is for an alternative. more...
A year with a Mac
It has been about a year since I made the switch to
a MacBook from my old Windows laptop and if Apple sales are any indication I'm
not alone So after a year in a
business setting what's the result?
Well- not much. I'm happy to
report no drama and no issues. I shouldn't seem so surprised but then I'm a
long-time Windows user so I'm used to surprises. Apple's operating system is intuitive with very little learning
curve. Sure, there are a few changes
that require human adjustments, Microsoft Office, for instance, has some
oddities but compatibility seems fine. I love the e-mail client but for all of
its accolades I'm not a fan of Apple's Safari. For me Firefox outshines Safari
(which seems to have some odd bugs). So would I recommend moving to Macs in a
business environment? Yes, but not enthusiastically. I'm struggling with the ROI.
Sure the Mac is fine, but it's still an expensive box from a single
vendor. Apple need to understand that the corporations of the world need
hardware priced as business tools, not fashion statements. Still, price is an issue Apple can fix and
there is no doubt that we now have a choice in the desktop market. The Mac is
here to stay in business. more...
What can we learn from Vista?
When Microsoft Vista was announced I compared its cost to the GNP of Jamaica (resulting in a few interesting e-mails). Happy to say Microsoft has seen the light and Vista is now a wonderful upgrade. Just kidding. No doubt someone's head is on a stick outside the front gate at the Redmond compound. Lets not belabor the point since in the past year it seems everyone has taken a shot at Vista. What can we learn from the Vista launch? Vendors take heed- don't overlook a clear value message for the core of your launch. Vista isn't selling because even now no one can articulate the value in moving to Vista. The answer to "why upgrade?" can't be simply "because it's better." Had Microsoft taken a cleaner approach to the message, such as, "It's faster, easier to manage, syncs with everything, and eliminates viruses," it would have had a winner. Instead we got dubious "Vista Ecosystems" whitepapers. Hopefully the Edsel of tech will disappear soon and Microsoft will wow us with the next version of Windows.
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