“Now more than ever before, the Mac OS is the most cost effective operating system of all,” Jacqueline Emig reports for CIO.
“Whether or not they’ve undertaken formal TCO or ROI studies, many customers today claim to be attaining substantial economic advantages from using Mac OS, either instead of or in conjunction with other OSes,” Emig reports.
“In contrast to the largely server-based Linux OS, Mac remains an operationally viable choice for widespread use on servers and desktops alike. And despite all the energy Microsoft has poured into the new Vista, Mac is still king of the hill when it comes to desktop ease of use—translating, at the end of the day, into higher productivity and lower tech support and training expenditures,” Emig reports.
“In OS X, Apple has innovated with an underlying Unix kernel for better security and less costly management on large networks. But Mac OS continues to run only on Apple’s own well-engineered PCs, attested to by many enterprises and other business as more crash-resistant, reliable and long-lasting than other PC hardware. Furthermore, Mac OS continues to require fewer patches than Windows, for easier and less pricey maintenance,” Emig reports.
“Meanwhile, some industry analysts predict that Apple will garner new business out of Microsoft’s Vista from longtime Windows customers who are unenthusiastic over the lack of driver support and other costly aches and pains of Vista migration,” Emig reports.
Eight financial reasons why you should be using Apple Macintosh:
• Macs bring a better overall value proposition
• Macintosh licensing fees are cheaper
• The Mac desktop spawns fewer calls to the help desk
• Mac users are more productive workers
• Macs last longer
• Mac OS X is more secure
• Mac is just as cost-effective as Windows to manage and administer
• Add Macs while hanging on to your investments in other OSes
The eight points above are explained in detail in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Inexorably the word spreads.
The (Mac OS X) Love Train
“People all over the world (everybody)
Join hands (join)
Start a love train, love train
People all over the world (all the world, now)
Join hands (love ride)
Start a love train (love ride), love train . . .”
impressive article
Nice article but why use the retro, rainbow Apple logo? Nostalgic art department?
They forgot:
When you replace your Macs, you get a much higher price for the old ones.
“Mac users are more productive workers” = it’s because people who buy Macs are more intelligent.
@ NSFY
I miss the older, gayer logo. I still have 2 stickers that I’m saving.
ha! ha! Love the hurling chair GIF MDN appended to this article.
In other news, expect a high chance of flying chairs in the greater Redmond area today.
C1: Like a good dogcow, I still bleed six colors, but it’s unusual to see the old logo in a current review. I still have some old six color Apple logo stickers, pens, shirts, coffee mug and best of all, a beautiful AAPL stock certificate with the rainbow logo.
Sadly, I don’t have anything with the original logo:
@ ChrissyOne… Yeah, I miss it too. You could put one on your car and announce both your gay pride and your favorite computer at the same time. *sigh*
well, that does it. i’m convinced! i’m buying a Macintosh!!
oh… waitaminnit… sorry, already got one.
…never mind.
Strange… but the the link keeps crashing my Safari!!!
Anyone else with the same problem?
Point 7 seems a bit off:
• Mac is just as cost-effective as Windows to manage and administer.
Macs are much cheaper to manage and maintain, since you need less than half of the staff that a comparable Windows network would need.
each time stuff like this is written, our brothers in Redmond experience another genocide.
We have rights too! damn it!
The constitution protects chairs too.
Steve Ballmer = Charles Manson to us
I wish that the OS X Love Train would swing through our Corporate IT Department and take out some of the Micorsoft Certified technicians.
This is one article, you need to read!! not just MDN’s summation
I bought a PC thinking that Vista ought to be awesome- after all those years of work, and I was getting a new fast computer.
Sadly, Vista was not and is not compatible with the non Microsoft software I have. Even some of the Microsoft apps lock up the computer, and require a hard restart. I had to wipe out Vista and install XP. No wonder Vista is getting a bad rap – it sucks. Hasta la Vista!
“as cost-effective as Windows to manage and administer”
Excuse me? Mac OS has its faults, but saying it’s “as cost effective as windows” is way too harsh.
-jcr
“as cost-effective as Windows to manage and administer”
Excuse me? Mac OS has its faults, but saying it’s “as cost effective as windows” is way too harsh.
-jcr
“as cost-effective as Windows to manage and administer”
Excuse me? Mac OS has its faults, but saying it’s “as cost effective as windows” is way too harsh.
-jcr
“as cost-effective as Windows to manage and administer”
Excuse me? Mac OS has its faults, but saying it’s “as cost effective as windows” is way too harsh.
-jcr
Yeah, the link just crashed my Safari 3 times in a row, too. But even that proves the point of the article…it didn’t crash the whole computer! Macs and OS X ARE superior, see???
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Ok listen up
When you click on a link at MDN, it first goes to media.fastclick.net then on to the real link.
So if you drag the link to the desktop and open it in textedit, you can just copy and paste the original link into your webbrowser address bar and press return.
Or you can just click below
http://www.cio.com/article/127050/Eight_Financial_Reasons_Why_You_Should_Use_Mac_OS/1
number nine …it’s good for the yuccas. the USA has spread an ultra sticky super-glue along the southern border to trap illegals. It’s become a real embarrassment because it now looks like a real long line at an Apple store except there’s no store ..and it’s hard getting them out ..and there are lots of yuccas ..and they can forget about cleaning their shoes off. Apple will plant a yucca for every Mac sold throughout the trapping season. Oh, yeah ..number ten ..on a Mac you can turn your brain off and keep on working.
MDN word for the day: Inexorably