[Nifster]

Bwahahahaha

Let’s have another ad from Redmond telling how wonderful they are. /s

[Swordmaker]

IBM discovers that only 5% of the company's users' of Apple Macintosh Computers use the IT Department help desk compared to 40% of the company's users' of Microsoft Windows computers. . . saving them large amounts of money, even considering higher initial purchase costs for the Apple computers. — PING!

Ping to dayglored for possible ping to his list.

Apple plus IBM Total Cost of Ownership
Ping!

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[nickcarraway]

Mac users are the vegans of the computer world.

[omniscient]

The fewer the options, the fewer the problems. This is the “walled garden” advantage.

[Moltke]

40% of users at tech giant IBM don’t know how a PC works? Hard to believe.

[exDemMom]

Although I write this from my old iPad, I find Apple products extremely user unfriendly. I would not use one, if I had a choice to get one at work.

Also, I wonder how IBM is handling the security issues with Macs? Where I work, people are not allowed to use Macs at all, for the security issues.

Also, I wonder that only 40% of users call the help desk? I call them all the time.

[VanDeKoik]

Nice to know that Apple fans don’t know how % works either.

Fewer Mac users = smaller number of everything

Also those PCs are used for more things. Not just the graphic design department or the receptionist desk.

[dila813]

I know why, because the PCs are locked down to the point where you can’t even use a USB Drive at some companies.

Just wait till they introduce all the same controls on the Apple Platforms, their need for the help desk will sky rocket.

[tacticalogic]

Wow. Who’d have thought the brand new computers would have fewer problems than the old ones.

[markomalley]

I’m really shocked with this. With IBM’s support of Linux, one would think that all their machines would be running SUSE.

[apoliticalone]

Having been a multi decade PC user from days of DOS and before Windows GUI, I’ve always said owning and keeping a PC running was a second career. The only Apple product I’ve owned was an Apple IIe. I have heard the many issues with drivers and conflicts and incompatibilities are not as prevalent on closed Apple products.

[dayglored]

34 years after the IBM-PC appears, IBM discovers Macs are easier for users to figure out ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Now as to WHY they're easier, clearly we have some differing opinions here already... LOL!

I'm going to get some popcorn...

Thanks to Swordmaker for the ping!!

[jimt]

With Microcephalic spending all its time and money obviscating the user interface and making the OS a spyware nightmare, this is not an unexpected result.

What was the version of MS Office they pimped that required a separate program to show you where once easily accessible and familiar commands were hidden ?

There is no “technical innovation” at MS, just purposely confusing UI scrambling and spyware sophistry.

They suck.

[Nuc 1.1]

Sordmaker, we are currently running Windows 7 in an enterprise environment. With our 32 bit Wan/Lan we are running up against memory limitations with our PCs. Four gig for Windows in a 32 bit environment. What are the memory limitations for Macs in a Windows 32 bit environment? We use Frame Maker as publishing software and, when publishing, I have bounced up against ram memory limits with some of the larger frame maker documents. Upgrading the Wan/Lan is cost prohibitive. Thoughts?