I was looking at the corporate world and not the non-profit world. I'm on the board for a local non-profit that helped about 65,000 kids last year and unfortunately, the non-profit world is in an entirely different league.
Budgets are much, much tighter so price does become a deciding factor. Also, as Stewart pointed out, quite a few of the apps we run are designed for Windows. Many corporations will donate their systems as they're being replaced. Some donate directly to the non-profit and others send their donations to various groups that attempt to refurbish the PCs. Corporations are getting wiser and nicer. Several years ago, many would strip the PCs before donating them so quite often a donated PC would look nice on the outside but when you took the cover off, you got a case, power supply, one or two sticks of memory (if you were lucky) and a 1 or 2-generation old processor. Stewart - have you ever heard of TechSoup - www.techsoup.org? They offer significant hardware and software discounts to non-profits. Larry -----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rev. Stewart Marshall Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 10:06 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Where's my computer? It depends on the industry/business you are involved in. In the religious/Non profit world you are usually confined to donated/refurbished equipment. I know many pastors who have either bought their own laptops (like me) or have larger churches where business exec's donate used laptops from their companies to the staff. Plus what software are they running? Again in my business most of the software is written for Windows not OSX. Our publishing house recently put out software for the design and publishing of ready made service bulletins for worship. Program is only written and published for Windows computers, even though the head guy in charge of this a Mac addict. Go figure. Stewart At 11:51 AM 7/11/2008, you wrote: >Without actually looking at raw data, there's no way to prove or >disprove either point. Macs are becoming more prevalent these days but >it's hard to determine just how many are being purchased by >corporations. Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 ************************************************************************ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************ * ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
