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Title: Macs are up to $543 cheaper than Windows PCs, says IBM Post by: HCK on October 24, 2016, 04:05:24 pm Macs are up to $543 cheaper than Windows PCs, says IBM
For years people have looked at the sticker price of Macs, compared them to the sticker price of Windows PCs made with lesser components, and sneered about the "Apple Tax". What sticker price sneerers never took into account, though, were the additional benefits that came with the Mac: Free software, lower support costs, AppleCare support, higher resale value, and the list goes on. IBM, given their scale, can't just worry about sticker price. They have to worry about total cost of ownership (TCO). So, after making Mac an option in their enterprise, what have they found? According to JAMF: In 2015, IBM let their employees decide – Windows or Mac. "The goal was to deliver a great employee choice program and strive to achieve the best Mac program," Previn said. An emerging favorite meant the deployment of 30,000 Macs over the course of the year. But that number has grown. With more employees choosing Mac than ever before, the company now has 90,000 deployed (with only five admin... Source: Macs are up to $543 cheaper than Windows PCs, says IBM (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/4zwxdq-5LN4/macs-are-543-cheaper-windows-pcs-says-ibm) |