Posted on 07/05/2014 11:06:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
It's been clear for some time that the iPad has taken the enterprise by storm as employees tote it to work and companies buy fleets of them. But Apple's PC, the Mac, has never been as dominant in the workplace, until now, according to new research from long-time Microsoft rival, VMware.
VMware queried 376 IT professionals and found that they are increasingly being asked to buy and/or support Macs in the enterprise by employees who want Macs, not Windows machines.
"Microsoft Windows has dominated enterprise desktops for close to three decades but it appears its reign is coming to an end. As BYOPC ["Bring Your Own PC"] and BYOD [Bring Your Own Device] continue to transform the enterprise, Macs have become a popular and preferred option compared to Windows PCs," says Erik Frieberg, VP of Marketing, End-User Computing, VMware, in the report.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Why post to me when I didn't make the comment? Talk about FUD....
There is some truth to this; however, the thing that is holding people back is legacy applications written in old buggy Windows frameworks. And there are a lot of them. As people migrate off those and onto web-based systems, they do tend to go to Macs. But that (moving applications outside) introduces other problems.
“Where do you guys come up with these factoids? “
Quoted from the posted article. These are the US sales numbers.
I’ve used VMWare, but what is Hyper-V?
Cheers!
My time is too precious to check out Apple specs....I said it was a guess. You apple bois are touchy!!! Sheesh another reason not to buy one.
The chumps in Cupertino..... robotic and stuck-up to not put out a phablet...Samsung is trouncing Apple with these
THE RISE OF THE PHABLET
http://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/personaltech/100000002736020/the-rise-of-the-phablet.html
We run a small business as well and can’t afford the time, IT charges, and loss of revenue a computer problem would cause.
We’re not techies. We just want to start the computer and have it work flawlessly without tweaking or tinkering. We’ve been satisfied. I don’t understand why some people are so hostile to that concept.
“How about Macs?”
They’re typically pretty good. We have a couple of iMacs that’ve been used heavily and are 6-7 years old. They’re now stuck on MacOS 10.8, support was dropped in 10.9. That’s fine, they still work well and run their applications as desired.
I can always install Linux if I feel the need.
I’d like to see Apple introduce the xMac, essentially a mid-tower form factor with i7s available and high-end graphics options. There’d be a lot fewer Hackintoshes in the wild if that happened.
“I can’t use a Mac. I’m a heterosexual.”
I suppose you thought that was funny.
In fact, the second sentence should read “I’m stupid.” :-)
No, you should make everyone bend to your will, because, that is what tyrants do. Or you could upgrade your skills and learn how to support both platforms, although I must admit it is much easier for you to just make the other guy use the cr@p that you know how to use.
Boy, MAC fanboys are clueless and I like MACs.
There you have it, everyone except you is stupid.
Docker and related tech will eat its lunch.
Linux is killing Windows in the server space, and has been for years. As more software migrates to web stacks, the trend will continue to accelerate.
Not true, it works just like Windows. Apple just stopped supporting it directly, Oracle provides support instead. The same Java 8 is available for Mac, just download it from Oracle's site.
The Mac is extremely popular for software development. I'm aware of a large government software contract where a majority of developers are using Macs. Almost all the rest run Linux.
Windows is a second rate software development platform these days.
I'm surprised that someone who likes Macs doesn't know how to write the word down. ;-)
We'll see how you like your monoculture Windows shop when a shiny new zero-day worm hits and destroys your data enterprise-wide. lol
Why people invest so much in the most insecure OS historically is a mystery. I hope you wrote your "proprietary" software portably so you can easily move it to a better OS when the cluebat hits.
A lot of people have. Go take a look at tonymacx86.com for instance.
>>The enterprise and SMB have refused to adopt it en mass, and the retail public has been fleeing it as fast as they can, holding on to their XP and W7 systems
A marketplace manifestation I saw recently that supports your assertion: Costco was selling a tower PC only, no monitor. Maybe no mouse and keyboard, I didn’t look closely. Clearly a setup for the SMB buyer looking to upgrade.
The machine came preloaded with Win7 Pro, with a Win8 “upgrade” disc.
Win7 remains a fine OS.
Dennis, you're always a reminder of why FR needs an "ignore" function.
"Samsung Note3 is what a relative got. She needed a larger screen than the pathetic iPhone offers"
And zotting for off-topic flame bait. :-)
I wrote my own MySql interface in Java. It works like a charm.
I don’t like PHP much, but Microsoft lockin is something i avoid like the plague. I don’t need that much PHP anyway.
“Wow! I knew Blender was complex but six months is a huge learning curve.”
but remember, I’m doing cad, video productions, CGI special effects, animation, 3D Text. Will be doing green screen. That’s worth a ton of programs rolled into one. Well worth the pain. Think what that would cost otherwise.
It’s MS’s version of VMWare.
This isn’t about server space, this is client side. And the web stack “migration” is one of the funniest myths in computing today... and for the last 2 decades. Ever since the world ditched thin clients people, including Bill Gates at one point, have been insisting that the world will go back to it under a different name. Not happening. When push comes to shove local install works better, it’s faster, it’s more secure, and it’s less prone to lightning bolts.
VMWare wishful thinking. Their software simply allows people to run the PC version of Microsoft Office Pro on their Macs.
I’ve worked at a major university for 35 years. Standard computer fare here is an iPhone, an iPad, a laptop, and a Windows PC with dual monitors. Windows 7 is the standard with few opting for Win 8.
Liberal arts faculty are the Mac users. Business and engineering are firmly entrenched with Windows. Linux is seldom used for anything but a dual-boot PC with Windows 7 as the primary OS.
Apple is not replacing Windows. The new tablets and smart phones are being used in addition to Windows machines.
I have a Glock, but that doesn’t mean I threw away my Colt 1911 (Series 70). The same is true for computers. We just have several instead of one. Each tool has it’s own strengths and weaknesses.
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