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Most attention given to the Mac OS X upgrade is about its end-user features. But if you support Macintosh computers in a corporate environment, your concerns may be somewhat different.
Financial reasons for and against adopting Mac, Linux or Windows operating systems in the enterprise.
Apple commercials show the ultra-cool Mac mocking the pinstriped PC. Macs, it seems, don't care to be businesslike--they'd rather be up late mixing video. And there are other, more pragmatic reasons to keep them out of the enterprise--reaso
Even if the total cost of ownership were equal to that of a proprietary system, Linux might still carry a financial incentive--find out how.
Microsoft Windows not only works; it is simple to set up, maintain and keep users working--which fuels profits.
Mac OS is the hands-down operating system winner, from the perspective of cost effectiveness.
It's not that you shouldn't use Windows, it just that it's not always the most economical choice for your company. Here are seven surefire reasons to consider Linux, Unix or Mac alternatives.
When considering licensing costs, support, management tools, support and training, Windows and even Solaris make better financial sense than using Linux.
As your company brings in more Macintosh computers, you need a bit of advice to integrate the Apple systems into your existing IT infrastructure. Head off the biggest concerns with these hints from leading Mac OS X experts.
After a few years in which the flame under the operating system fire had turned down to a simmer, IT managers are once again finding it necessary to contemplate the choice of a "right" OS for the enterprise.
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