I remember reading a long time ago, about a school that was in NC I believe,
that had the same predicament as yours. They looked at the total cost of
ownership over the long term, not just short term. They discovered that the
TCO
or total cost of ownership was far less using Macs than it was with Windows
based machines. You can go through several OS upgrades before having to
actually replace a Mac. Also, if you go to _www.XvsXP.com_
(http://www.XvsXP.com)
you will find a comparison between OS X.4 and XP as well as being directed to
their new web site of _http://www.macvswindows.com_
(http://www.macvswindows.com) which you will also find interesting as well.
A senior lead programmer from Microsoft said a few years ago, the best
computer for running Windows XP is an Intel based Mac. Recently it has been
found
the best laptop for running Vista is a Macbook Pro. There are less hardware
issues when you plug something in and you have multiple external booting
options with a new Mac, as you can boot from an external firewire or an
external
USB drive without any problems at all. With a Mac, you can read and write to
an external Windows drive as I do it all the time. For the most part,
upgrading the hardware on a newer Mac requires just about the same hardware
that you
would find in a Windows based machine.
All Macs are PC's but not all PC's are Macs. A PC aka a personal computer is
a box of hardware that runs an operating system that then runs programs.
There are some programs you can only find for Mac, such as Final Cut Pro.
Microsoft usually has a version of their Windows based programs for Mac so they
can't say they can't use Microsoft programs.
Just my two cents worth. Also, you don't have to worry about viruses with
Macs like you do with Windows as the security vulnerabilities aren't there like
they are with Windows. The Mac OS X was built from the ground up and is
certified as a Unix version and has been around a lot longer than Microsoft has
been around. It also sounds like your IT guy needs to be drinking Zavita which
will help get rid of his brain fog.
In a message dated 9/22/2008 11:06:59 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was just reading the iMac Purchase thread and though the membership would
like to hear this.
I am a Teacher and have been doing IT work at our School for many years.I
started with an LC 475 and have owned and operated just about everything
Mac-Made since then.
Five years ago our School Board amalgamated with another large School Board
and subsequently came up with something called the T.M.P. or Tech Master Plan
whereas every school will receive new equipment every five years. We have
just finished our 1st five years and so will be replacing about 100 computers
plus peripherals.
There is a specific formula which we must adhere to that states what we can
buy.The last five years were spent with mostly IBM Think Centers and
Thinkpads although we had some iBooks and eMacs as well.
This time around I am going to push iMacs.Due to the Capacitor problems
with some of the emacs I talked them into an advance on the TMP and we have
been using our new iMacs since last June (17 total).These are in the Art Dept.
and Media. Studies.
I have developed a fairly convincing argument for an all iMac purchase i.e.
iMacs are cutting edge MultiMedia and kids just LOVE them.If they REALLY
have to have Windows then fine we can accommodate that for minimal cost (boot
camp or aftermarket).Lastly it is VERY well known that Macs are considerably
less expensive to operate.
I like to get right to the point.If anyone has further comments or
contributions FIRE AWAY.
P.S. We are on a School LAN connected to a Board WAN. The majority of the
administrators are not particularly clued-in but the main IT Manager is a Pc
guy.
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