re: #273 realwest

Hi karmic! Um, “As Apple takes over market share from Windows (which it will continue to do) and as corporate and government users adopt Mac (which hasn’t happened en mass yet)” I don’t get it. IF corporate and government still prefer PC’s over Macs, how is it that Apple is taking over market share?

Corporate buyers go fof having everyone on the same thing. Some companies do a “refresh” every few years and bring in a contractor to change everyone’s machine to a new one. Others give an intranet site where users can order one of three or four models.

In both cases the idea is to simplify support and have more leverage over the vendor, both of which (theoretically) lower total cost of ownership.

Creative departments may get Macs, but most others get PCs. Many have started going over to Linux. The Obama craze may start getting ceos and execs to insist on being all Apple for their image, and if you already have Linux desktops it isn’t a big change to start letting folks get Macs too. So that is how I see that unfolding.

JMO