Looks like the URL got mangled at the end, and I can't seem to submit it without the space between 'ma' and 'in'. It does seem to copy/paste OK though. Type it yoself without the space if there's a problem;-)
http://auc.uow.edu.au/index2.html?whatsnew.html~ ma inFrame jb
This survey was mentioned on the Apple OS X forum today and promptly deleted, even though it was posted as a pro Apple link. Wondering why, I did a little searching (link below).
Turns out Apple commissioned the study. The results reported (in MacWorld UK or somesuch?) are not only mis-leading, they're factually wrong. That 36 percent was comparing *Mac* facilities. Mac vs PC costs were 5 percent in favor of the Mac, and if you read the story even that's questionable, especially this:
"Interestingly, the non-productive downtime cost per device was nearly five times higher for Macintosh desktops than Wintel systems - $52 compared with $11 - suggesting that the university is doing more value-added work on Macintosh systems." Huh??? Non-productive downtime equeals value-added work?
I enjoy my OS X iMac and previous, back to the SE30, but it's pathetic to me that Mac users feel the need to grab onto stuff like this with no research into the actual facts.
Here's the link, the pdf link is in the 30 April 2002 Wheels for the Mind section. You may want to dndld it 'cause it froze NS using the plugin.
http://auc.uow.edu.au/index2.html?whatsnew.html~ ma inFrame
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Looks like the URL got mangled at the end, and I can't seem to submit it without the space between 'ma' and 'in'. It does seem to copy/paste OK though. Type it yoself without the space if there's a problem ;-)
~ ma inFrame
http://auc.uow.edu.au/index2.html?whatsnew.html
jb
This survey was mentioned on the Apple OS X forum today and promptly deleted, even though it was posted as a pro Apple link. Wondering why, I did a little searching (link below).
~ ma inFrame
Turns out Apple commissioned the study. The results reported (in MacWorld UK or somesuch?) are not only mis-leading, they're factually wrong. That 36 percent was comparing *Mac* facilities. Mac vs PC costs were 5 percent in favor of the Mac, and if you read the story even that's questionable, especially this:
"Interestingly, the non-productive downtime cost per device was nearly five times higher for Macintosh desktops than Wintel systems - $52 compared with $11 - suggesting that the university is doing more value-added work on Macintosh systems." Huh??? Non-productive downtime equeals value-added work?
I enjoy my OS X iMac and previous, back to the SE30, but it's pathetic to me that Mac users feel the need to grab onto stuff like this with no research into the actual facts.
Here's the link, the pdf link is in the 30 April 2002 Wheels for the Mind section. You may want to dndld it 'cause it froze NS using the plugin.
http://auc.uow.edu.au/index2.html?whatsnew.html
jb