[HamiltonJay]

Yea, IT managers are shipping jobs overseas to save money and but they would never institute MACs if it would save them large $$$? Be real. IT goes Linux to save $$, IT Does everything it can to save money. This author is just smoking some wacky tobaccee.

[eno_]

Keeping IT efficient is incredibly difficult.

That is because IT is purely a cost. And the only way an IT mananger advances his career is by running a bigger IT department.

Personally, I think IT should run only the servers and network. An individual PC is like an infantryman's rifle. If the infantryman can't take care of his rifle he is screwed. So it should be with laptops and individuals' desktop PCs.

[Kewlhand`tek]

i was going to buy into this mac thing, but its too expensive for my blood. I'm visiting a friend and he has airnet, my computer dectects it but it never grabs an ip :(

[SauronOfMordor]

Yea, IT managers are shipping jobs overseas to save money and but they would never institute MACs if it would save them large $$$? Be real.

It managers are not the ones sending the jobs overseas. It's SENIOR management that is issuing the mandate, as in "make it work, or you will be replaced by somebody who will"

Senior management doesn't get involved much in decisions of what kinds of PCs to get, it relies on their IT nerds, who can put up all the smoke they want without fear of being contradicted. It's a whole different story when mgmt hears about Indian CS PhD's going for $20K. THAT they understand.