How switching to Macs is paying off for IBM<article>
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<p>Last year, IBM made a bold decision. The company let its employees choose between a Windows PC or a Mac for their own work machines. IBM staffers prefer Macs, so the company bought up 30,000 of them. This year, IBM has 90,000 Macs in use. But Macs are expensive, as we all know, so IBM must be spending a fortune on making the switch…right? Apparently not.</p><p>
IBM said Wednesday at the Jamf Nation User Conference that it’s actually saving money on each Mac: $273 to $543 per Mac over four years, compared to a Windows PC over the same time period. And no, that’s not because Microsoft is charging more. Fletcher Previn, IBM’s vice president of workplace as a service (yeah, that’s a real title), said Microsoft is giving IBM its best pricing ever. But Macs are still cheaper over their lifetime, and using them results in fewer service calls.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3133544/hardware/how-switching-to-macs-is-paying-off-for-ibm.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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How switching to Macs is paying off for IBM
