Yeah.. true, and to be honest, MSDN Academic Alliance lets you have everything from VS.NET to Win 2K3 server for free, a fully functional copy.
However, the initial price does put a lot of people off. When I got my iBook+iPod for 1100-odd (yeah, educational discount again:-) ), Dell was selling Inspirons for 600 under some offer.
It takes a sense of aesthetics as well to opt for an Apple product.
And if it's a first time decision, you can perhaps opt for a Mac. How conceivable is it that corporations might migrate en masse from Windows to OS X, especially to the extents suggested by the report?
More than the pricing (which is definitely an issue), I think it's the range of applications and available support that drives Windows. How many corporations actually require things that OS X carries but Windows doesn't? Isn't it much easier for employees to do their day to day work on Windows? Plus the upfront cost of an Apple system is pretty high. And whatever is spent on licenses wouldn't be saved considerably if users have to keep calling Tech support over and over as part of migration to OS X.
I am an ardent OS X fan and swear by it, use it for almost every conceivable activity from checking mail to watching movies to hardcore programming, but there are places where I still need Windows. A lot of hardware still requires Windows and VS.NET is an absolute winner. And $130 for 10.4 is not something a student can afford paying - the 12-inch iBook was costly enough up front!!
It comes as a huge surprise.. the figures the report has quoted.
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Yeah.. true, and to be honest, MSDN Academic Alliance lets you have everything from VS.NET to Win 2K3 server for free, a fully functional copy.
:-) ), Dell was selling Inspirons for 600 under some offer.
However, the initial price does put a lot of people off. When I got my iBook+iPod for 1100-odd (yeah, educational discount again
It takes a sense of aesthetics as well to opt for an Apple product.
And if it's a first time decision, you can perhaps opt for a Mac. How conceivable is it that corporations might migrate en masse from Windows to OS X, especially to the extents suggested by the report?
More than the pricing (which is definitely an issue), I think it's the range of applications and available support that drives Windows. How many corporations actually require things that OS X carries but Windows doesn't? Isn't it much easier for employees to do their day to day work on Windows? Plus the upfront cost of an Apple system is pretty high. And whatever is spent on licenses wouldn't be saved considerably if users have to keep calling Tech support over and over as part of migration to OS X. I am an ardent OS X fan and swear by it, use it for almost every conceivable activity from checking mail to watching movies to hardcore programming, but there are places where I still need Windows. A lot of hardware still requires Windows and VS.NET is an absolute winner. And $130 for 10.4 is not something a student can afford paying - the 12-inch iBook was costly enough up front!! It comes as a huge surprise.. the figures the report has quoted.