Better for biz, Mac or PC?

The biggest opponents to Mac conversion will be with the IT people. Why?

They don’t understand the Mac, and more importantly, it threatens their job security. Macs rarely break, so IT becomes the proverbial Maytag repairman waiting for a support call.

With a Mac, there is no need to understand the mysteries of DLL registries. There are no viruses or malware. But the best reason for convert are the productivity savings.

Another one bites the dust.

Michael Schneider, CEO of Fluidesign, a Los Angeles-based interactive agency, reports for PC World his experience upgrading his operation to the Mac. Some excerpts here…

In the summer of 2006, I upgraded about 80% of my company’s computers to Macs; we’re a design agency, and so most people wanted Macs anyway. I kept hearing about their strengths – how the OS never crashed, how it just worked, how you don’t need to reboot every day – and dismissed them as blind lust from googly-eyed Apple enthusiasts.

But then he converted to Macs.

But something changed. People started doing things quicker. Work started flowing faster (I estimate by about a third)… Words can’t describe how much productivity rose, including my own. The same machine, two years later, sits on my desk and operates flawlessly every day.

This is one of many positive reports of PC to Mac conversion. And where do you read about people converting from a Mac to a PC?

See the full report here in PC World…

PS- About the only reason left to stay with PCs is managing mail with Microsoft Exchange. Apple reportedly will have this neutralized by the fall of 2009. The other reason is if your IT pros have managed to build their server apps on the proprietary Microsoft standards. Woops, more job security.

2 comments

1. Ken

   Posted on April 23, 2009

   How do you handle software that is needed to operate a business that is PC only?
   
2. Andrew

   Posted on April 23, 2009

   As Schneider says in his posting at PC World…

   I run Parallels with Windows XP SP3. I use Microsoft Office 2007, which works flawlessly with our Exchange server. I can drag and drop between the Mac and PC, even copy and paste. The Mac truly runs Windows better than PCs do. And Windows XP is far superior to Vista.

   Parallels:: http://www.parallels.com
   Review:: http://www.macworld.com/article/136717/2008/11/parallels.html

   VMware, a worthy competitor:: http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/