Donald Keenan writes: >I never see macs in a retail or office setting. There certainly must be >far fewer apps in the business world that can be run on the mac OS. Too >bad. I was thinking about this the other day and thought to myself, >would it even be possible/practical to run a business using a mac. I >know I've seen a program called MYOB (I think?), but I would think one's >back would be up against the wall if one tried to go it alone for the >long term with the mac OS in business.
My last employer, Baker Book House, ran the business almost exclusively on Macs plus and IBM AS/400 minicomputer to manage inventory, sales, and shipping. Email, word processing, spreadsheet, FileMaker databases, graphics, interior book design and covers -- almost every aspect of the business used Macs when I left. Low End Mac/Cobweb Publishing is obviously run 100% on Macs. So is my wife's business. Three or four iBooks, an iMac for the bookkeeper (333 MHz and using MYOB Account Edge). They use Claris Emailer and ClarisWorks for almost everything business related, along with IE 5.x for Web browsing. Plenty of businesses use Macs, especially small ones that can't afford a tech support staff. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> Life is too short to use anything but a Mac. -- Roger Ebert -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
