My question is this — Why do people put up with CRAPPY Microsoft Product and wait for them to improve it ( in essence making users the virtual guniea pigs for their OS) when they can switch to using say, Apple’s Computers instead ?
I have a better question:
What’s a computer?
It must have something to do with Al Gore.
I really do not know what. So don’t ask, really please don’t ask. It will be better for both of us if you don’t ask.
1. Software compatibility - My shop employs over 600+ titles of software. All of them run on Windoze, virtually none on Mac. Note: This is slowing our transition to Win7 since the certification process for those 600+ titles is arduous!
2. Network management - Macs talk on a standard TCP/IP network but Network Admins need to be able to control them. That’s a problem because Macs don’t interact with Active Directory, SMS/SCCM, and most other network management tools.
3. Patch Management - similarly, most larger shops manage software updates through systems like HP Openview or MS’s SMS/SCCM. Unfortunately they don’t work with Macs.
Maybe because most people do actually like Windows and Microsoft products. At least 95% of the world’s computer users agree...windows is for them.
If you like using an obscure OS that you pay way too much for...then good for you. Most people don’t like to spend all that extra money for basically the same thing except with limits.