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Enterprise CTO Switches to Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the rethink-after-you-reinstall-too dept.

louismg writes "BlueArc CTO Geoff Barrall, using a PC day in and day out, found things becoming progressively more difficult as they increased in complexity. After one final straw, he sought out an alternative, and switched to Mac OS X -- in a corporate environment. His column, titled 'Rethink Before You Reinstall' documents the challenges facing Mac OS X in enterprise, and how he has changed his views." We've not had a switcher/MS-bashing/Apple rules/etc. article in a little while, so here you are.

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  1. Stop the presses! by chill182 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let me get this straight, there is a person... that exists... who is using a Mac? I can see why this is such an important news item! If you'll excuse me I must go turn on my TV to see if my regularly scheduled program is being interupted as we speak!

    1. Re:Stop the presses! by jaoswald · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, you miss the point!

      There is a person who uses a computer to make presentations to customers so that his business can make money.

      I've certainly never seen anything like this on Slashdot before!

      The consequences are potentially enormous. It might be that this person doesn't even know Perl!

  2. Uh... by Watcher · · Score: 2, Funny

    We've not had a switcher/MS-bashing/Apple rules/etc. article in a little while, so here you are.

    Either you're being sarcastic, or you haven't been reading the replies in every Apple related article lately...

  3. Contradiction... by ElGanzoLoco · · Score: 5, Funny

    [...]nothing that would lead anybody to think I'm using anything other than a regular PC. No blue screens [...]

    Isn't that a contradiction? :)

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    Hello! I'm a disaster waiting to happen!
  4. Re:Use Office on XP then use it on OS X. by SAN1701 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Meanwhile, in the deeps of Microsoft Mac Business Unit...

    -Hi. I just want to see what you guys are doing here.
    -Hi, Bill! We are doing many improvements in Office, Outlook...
    -Calm down! No need to hurry! You guys seem to work too much!
    -Indeed! Now we're porting SQL-Server to Mac OS X Server...
    -I see. But as I said, there's no rush. Drink less coffee, work less daily hours, enjoy life more... Buy a videogame to your employees!
    -Actually, we're very busy because we want to start to port the whole .NET...
    -That's it! 6 months of vacation to everybody. On me! You guys deserve it!

  5. Re:A "Certain OS" sucks by hiroko · · Score: 2, Funny

    I do.

    Microsoft, your Windows OS is too much of a pain to maintain, so I'm switching to Linux.

    That do ya?

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    Just because you can't, doesn't mean you shouldn't.
  6. Re:Affordability by Steve+Cowan · · Score: 3, Funny
    I traditionally have hated Mac, but I would be willing to try one if the prices weren't so insanely high.
    To summarize: although you have not tried one, you traditionally have "hated Mac".

    Please do me a favour and don't get a Mac, because you might like it, and we Mac zealots rely on the fact that Mac-haters are weenies like you.

  7. Borrowing a $3,000 laptop? by vasqzr · · Score: 2, Funny


    I went to a friend who had an Apple Macintosh PowerBook and asked if I could borrow it

    Does Apple have his friend on commission? Or is he just incredibly wealthy and lends out laptops like a cup of sugar?

  8. Re:no sense by jaysones · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Microsoft has COMPATIBILITY to maintain - and changing something so major requires time and effort. "

    Yeah, if only Microsoft had the resources they'd make a reliable, flexible OS. Can I just Paypal them a donation?