No, I have compared Apple's computers to Dell, HP, and Compaq mid-range to high end, premium computers, configured to match the hardware used by Apple, not to the commodity computers. I don't bother looking at their low end, bargain basement computers. When you compare like for like hardware, the Apple is always competitive in price and often less expensive than the offerings from those companies. In the Workstation class machinesthose with Xeon® grade processorsthe default configuration Apple Mac Pro is hundreds of dollars less expensive than equivalent Dell and HP machines.
You leave out a major issue with apple and the enterprise - that little issue of them not having a true server class operating system or any server class hardware.
Sorry, you really don't know what you are talking about. YOU are making claims that are simply not true. First of all, Apple Mac OSX is a fully certified, POSIX compliant UNIX with all of the server class software that implies... as well as offering xServe and OSX Server which is fully functional Server Operating System. UNIX powers some of the most largest and most secure networks in the world, and currently there are only four certified UNIXs to do that and Apple is one of them.
As to finding Macs in the offices of large enterprises, more and more of them are being installed. They are even being used in major database and server capacities. This xServe array is installed at eBureau, one of the largest credit card clearing companies in America:
Among businesses that are using Macs in the enterprise are:
Your list is horribly out of date - As of January, 2007, the Resilient Low-Cost Storage Initiative is discontinued. We thank our partners for their participation in Resilient Low-Cost Storage Initiative.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/availability/htdocs/lowcoststorage.html
No macs have lights out management.
It is impossible to us a mac in a virtualized environment.
OSx server doesn’t have nearly as much centralized management support as other operating system do.
And I do know UNIX - use it on a daily basis. Linux powers my home router - Solaris is used for a variety of tasks - Have used Linux since it came on floppies so your throwing around POSIX certification / UNIX certification won’t have any effect on my because I know exactly how worthless that cert is.
Linux - not being certified shows this to be true.
You also forgot to mention that eBureau recevied that array at nearly 55% off of list price with free integration support and free 24/7 support from Apple.
How is 2k8 buggier than OSx server?