“When IDC and Gartner tell us PC sales are slumping while Apple’s remain steady you know something’s changed,” Jonny Evans reports for COmputerworld. “They’ve changed dramatically, according to the latest data from JAMF Software’s latest survey, which shows that 75 percent of employees will choose a Mac if they get the opportunity to choose.”
“Apple is now the platform of choice across the enterprise,” Evans reports. “A few highlights from the report: 75 percent choose Mac over PC, with ‘ease of use’ cited as the top reason for this choice (43 percent); 79 percent choose iOS as their mobile device operating system of choice, with ‘ease of use’ cited as the top reason (41 percent).”
“A PwC report confirms millennials, ‘expect the technologies that empower their personal lives to also drive communication and innovation in the workplace,'” Evans reports. “They are digital natives who already know which technologies are the best available, and they expect the tech they use at work to match the expectation of tech used at home. They want Apple kit. ‘Employees between the ages of 18 and 54 overwhelmingly choose Mac,’ JAMF Software reports – a broad reflection of the PwC conclusions.”
Much more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Behold, Steve Jobs’ ultimate goal.
As we have always said, even as many short-sightedly waved (and continue to wave) the white flag, the war is not over. And, yes, we shall prevail… No company is invincible. Not even Microsoft. — MacDailyNews, January 10, 2005
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