So IBM has no idea what a PC should cost then. Somehow I'm not surprised.
Of course they do. IBM runs almost more than 270,000 Windows PCs compared to more than 90,000 Apple Macs, the largest installed base of Macs in the world. . . so who, better than IBM, is in a more informed position to know the cost of owning, supporting and operating both over time? This is based on real world data. When those 90,000 Macs can be supported by just five IT guys, that says a LOT about cost savings compared to what it takes to support Windows.