IT Pros: Macs Cost Less to Manage Than PCs

A post at TUAW summarizes the results of a study that does a good job of showing the problem with organizations not getting Macs because they are “too expensive.” Here are two paragraphs from the post:

According to the survey, Macs were cheaper to troubleshoot and required fewer help desk calls; system configuration, user training, and servers/networks/printing were all cheaper for a Mac environment than a PC environment. Software licensing fees turned out to be nearly identical for both platforms.

The survey doesn’t factor in the costs of the Macs themselves; Macs do present a large up-front investment, especially compared to the budget-priced Dells you usually see populating most office cubicles. However, half of the survey respondents noted they switched to a Mac platform because of a lower total cost of ownership.

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March 22, 2010 | Filed Under Technology | 4 Comments 

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4 Responses to “IT Pros: Macs Cost Less to Manage Than PCs”

  1. JC on March 22nd, 2010 12:02 pm

    Wonder what they say about Linux computers.

  2. alyssa on March 23rd, 2010 10:03 pm

    Yep!! I agree with you! I just used the same (or similar) argument for a point in my persuasive speech. And when you actually DO have to call tech support, they speak ENGLISH!

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