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Why Consumer Macs Are Enterprise-Worthy
cyberkahn tips us to an article in Computerworld that makes the case for Apple's consumer machines moving into corporations. (The article dismisses Linux desktops in the enterprise in a single bullet item.) With the press that Vista has been getting, is Apple moving into a perfect storm? Quoting: "There is no comparison between Apple's 'consumer' machines and the consumer lines of its competitors. All of Apple's machines are ready to move into the enterprise, depending on the job at hand. The company's simple and elegant product line, which is also highly customizable, will be Apple's entree to the business market — if IT decision-makers can get over their prejudice against equipment that's traditionally been aimed at consumers."
> Current Macs are one of the easiest machine to integrate into a mixed
;)
> environment that I've encountered, and this is after over a decade and
> a half of running various Unices, Linuces, Windows, and VMS systems in
> mixed environments.
Yeah like to make a Mac work decently in usual Windows domain you need to make changes... on the server side. Now that is easy.
They seem to base their decision making soley upon:
a) eye candy
c) if it works with an ipod
b) their friends mom had one and she's an artist.
I've yet to see anything unique come out of Apple besides the ability to turn an unprecedented number of people into clueless technophiles with untreatable pebkac.
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The mini is a full computer. Mice (and keyboards, to some degree) are often optional to a computer. I have several person computers without mice, and they are perfectly functional. Even when I do have a mouse, I try not to use it, as I find the keyboard much more efficient. Also, should you want a keyboard, most computer users have one left over from a previous unit, or you can get one for $5 at your local computer shop (hell, the computer shop by me will give you one for free, as long as it is not a new model). Even better, you COULD have a system that uses no keyboards or mice. A prime example would be a computing cluster that uses PXE boot. Only the host node needs input devices. So the rest of the nodes have no keyboards, mice, monitors, CD drives, or hard drives;;; but they are STILL computers. So, the mini is a usable device out of the box, depending on how you use it. And if you do want a keyboard/mouse, just get it! If you are buying a Mac, you probably could spare a couple bucking lying around...