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there is no equivalent apple product to microsoft exchange moondog Send a noteboard - 27/05/2010 07:58:04 PM
Please explain just exactly what you mean by "not as friendly for the business world as microsoft..." because lots of big companies run entirely on Macs. Anything that can be done on Windows CAN be done on a Mac, but some chose not to live up to Apple's exacting standards.

Those who are most vocally resistant to change are those in charge of support/IT who might lose their jobs or be forced to learn something new.

Apple does quite well for businesses.

In fact, one BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY manages to do it quite well.

You may have heard of them... APPLE COMPUTERS.

Also: http://www.apple.com/business/



until apple can create something even remotely useful as a mail server, they will always be behind on the enterprise market. i mean, sure, you can run a mail server on OSX but it doesn't have nearly the feature set and tools for large scale deployment the way exchange does.
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apple now bigger than microsoft moondog - 27/05/2010 07:12:48 AM 1034 Views
1. Hurrah! 2. I believe you are wrong... ImAMac - 27/05/2010 08:39:22 AM 641 Views
Name five fortune five hundrend companies that run "entirely on Macs" *NM* Roland00 - 27/05/2010 02:14:59 PM 295 Views
He can't. everynametaken - 27/05/2010 11:33:40 PM 662 Views
There's hasn't been a company called Apple Computers for years now Floffe - 27/05/2010 02:15:40 PM 691 Views
Anything that can be done on Windows can be done on a Mac? Really? Joel - 27/05/2010 03:01:01 PM 718 Views
Yes it will. ImAMac - 27/05/2010 03:43:11 PM 759 Views
MacOS will run my PC? Joel - 27/05/2010 04:02:43 PM 617 Views
Your stance is a little strange here... Legolas - 27/05/2010 08:33:19 PM 638 Views
It isn't hard to make a pc that boots mac Roland00 - 27/05/2010 08:58:43 PM 664 Views
You can also create a virtual machine running OSX on Windows *NM* BlackAdder - 28/05/2010 05:10:30 AM 303 Views
After Macs switched to Intel processing there were some hacks available to make them run on PCs. everynametaken - 27/05/2010 11:35:51 PM 648 Views
Do you know why IT will not run virtualization? It is quite simple. everynametaken - 27/05/2010 11:31:17 PM 647 Views
You can also run OSX on Windows. So what? *NM* BlackAdder - 28/05/2010 05:08:09 AM 290 Views
there is no equivalent apple product to microsoft exchange moondog - 27/05/2010 07:58:04 PM 621 Views
iDon't approve ironclad - 27/05/2010 08:43:38 AM 596 Views
-tortures- *NM* ImAMac - 27/05/2010 08:46:30 AM 281 Views
*touches* *NM* ironclad - 27/05/2010 08:47:50 AM 261 Views
nooo! Foxhead - 27/05/2010 10:06:21 AM 816 Views
steam is now available for mac moondog - 27/05/2010 08:04:34 PM 643 Views
Have you tried playing steam on a mac? Roland00 - 27/05/2010 09:00:06 PM 655 Views
even the authors of that article say "we didn't run this on a real mac" moondog - 28/05/2010 02:44:38 AM 629 Views
It was using the mac version of the 285 the most powerful video card on the mac Roland00 - 28/05/2010 06:02:33 AM 652 Views
it's still a big step though, you have to admit *NM* moondog - 28/05/2010 07:10:14 AM 291 Views
Yeah but I would recommend spend the 100 dollars for an OEM copy of windows and dual boot Roland00 - 28/05/2010 11:40:13 PM 653 Views
what's steam? *NM* Foxhead - 27/05/2010 11:22:38 PM 284 Views
steam is a giant gaming website moondog - 28/05/2010 02:38:23 AM 910 Views
Steam is itunes for games, same idea, same business model *NM* Roland00 - 28/05/2010 06:04:00 AM 278 Views
Not only the consumer market though.. Bramhodoulos - 27/05/2010 10:26:50 AM 676 Views
that's becoming less true though..... moondog - 27/05/2010 08:01:17 PM 601 Views
Hmmmm.... Bramhodoulos - 28/05/2010 02:50:54 AM 651 Views
Microsoft is stil in better posistion random thoughts - 27/05/2010 02:25:09 PM 700 Views
Re: Microsoft is stil in better posistion callandor1000 - 27/05/2010 07:52:48 PM 616 Views
doesn't matter which phone it is what matters is that the i-phone can be replaced and windows can't random thoughts - 27/05/2010 08:34:13 PM 598 Views
actually your analysis fails to account for "cloud computing" moondog - 28/05/2010 12:43:42 AM 568 Views
The really big bucks is in server software as every business needs server software to run databases. everynametaken - 27/05/2010 11:20:41 PM 663 Views
what can't they run on iphones? moondog - 28/05/2010 02:41:18 AM 573 Views
Windows-only programs, presumably. Businesses use more than simple office products. Ghavrel - 28/05/2010 03:04:14 AM 594 Views
to use an oft-quoted phrase: "there's an app for that" moondog - 28/05/2010 03:30:26 AM 657 Views
To use a not-so-oft-quoted phrase, "Not if it doesn't conform to Apple specifications." Ghavrel - 28/05/2010 05:53:54 AM 635 Views
the point is, that businesses are finding ways to make it work, even though they don't like it moondog - 28/05/2010 07:07:31 AM 650 Views
There are lots of things... BlackAdder - 28/05/2010 10:15:44 AM 692 Views
Yeah, but their founders claimed to be bigger than Jesus and I didn't believe that either. Joel - 27/05/2010 02:50:00 PM 666 Views
True, Apple is definitely moving in the "Evil Empire" direction. Legolas - 27/05/2010 08:36:55 PM 546 Views
Moving? They arrived years ago. *NM* Wibble - 27/05/2010 08:41:05 PM 274 Views
Re: True, Apple is definitely moving in the "Evil Empire" direction. callandor1000 - 28/05/2010 12:04:54 AM 578 Views
Re: apple now bigger than microsoft callandor1000 - 27/05/2010 07:49:25 PM 606 Views
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