I had a similar experience.
In one school, without my input, we had a PC network installed with 20
computers and a server. After 160 days I celebrated my first incident free day
when nothing went wrong - all hardware and software worked.... (at least for
that day)
3 years later I was at another school and just installed 20 macs and a server.
No need for outside 'software' engineers, no need to even read a manual to
configure the network. After 2 years I 'celebrated' my first instance of
failure when a kid put a washer in a CD drive.
Sure the PCs units cost less initially but.................
Regards,
Eugene
On 05/12/2011, at 8:59 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
> I love the following entry by a reader on
>
> <http://www.macworld.com/article/163995/2011/12/survey_apple_rises_in_workplace_despite_it_skepticism.html>
>
> "I was the executive at a company of about 300 people and we had an even
> split of Macs and PCs in the building.
> One day our IT manager was complaining to me and saying that Macs were more
> expensive, garbage and we should replace them with PCs. I was so pissed I
> asked for an accounting of all IT costs associated with Macs and PCs.
> The repair and maintenance costs for the PCs exceeded $200,000 AND the repair
> costs for the Macs was one invoice for a hard drive replacement of about $150.
> I told the IT manager that he had two choices. Replace all the PCs in the
> building with Macs or loose his job."
>
>
>
> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services
> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
> Perth, Western Australia
> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948
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