Comments on: Corporate Mac Adoption

By: Rajiv

Rajiv — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 11:55:25 +0000

3 Days later…
I agree with Rob - AD integration will be nice. Yes - Apple has no passion to server the Corp world (and that might not be a bad thing for Apple).

So far I can do everything I did with Windows.
It’s not a Microsoft vs. Apple thing — what I am trying to do is gradually reduce our dependence on one vendor, which currently is MS. Most of the IT folk in my team - have grown up on MS and got certifications from MS. I do have a couple of Linux jocks that want to do everything in Opensource. Some IT guys think the Mac is only good for graphics, some think it is too expensive, and a few think it is very cool. (at least I have one convert - who wants to buy a iMac for his kids!).

My observation: The average corporate users really has no passion about the hardware or OS. They want e-mail, and web browser, and ms-office (and a blackberry). For Apple to win in the corp world - they need to beat MS-Office and IE!
Though Firefox has made significant gains at the browser level, many Corp Applications are built using activeX and asp == makes it impossible to get off IE.

By: Another Honcho Picks a Mac at The Apple Blog

Another Honcho Picks a Mac at The Apple Blog — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 06:26:40 +0000

[...] Geez, I think I’m gonna start this as a regular sort of topic here at The Apple Blog. This’ll be the 2nd example this week of a business leader in a seat of power talking about their move to Macintosh computers (here’s the other from this week). Fellow Denver-based Apple blogger, David Chartier (of TUAW) made mention of a video interview with Pat Gelsinger, the General Manager of Intel’s Digital Enterprise group. (Site is all flash, click on the November 30th Interview.) [...]

By: InRussetShadows

InRussetShadows — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:03:51 +0000

The groundswell is building for Macs to take over the office. When Macs first showed up, they came in to the office through the back door of individual users. You get enough individuals clamoring for change, and change will happen. Will Apple tweak the OS to make it work with LDAP, etc? Yes. Will Linux tweak their OS to make it work better with Apple? Yes. The only loser in this is Microsoft, who will go down fighting over a shrinking pie.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:17:30 +0000

I work in a corporate environment with 500+ windows users. I am continually running into headaches while trying to work with our exchange server and company-wide shares. I would absolutely love it if Apple would spend a little more time making Mail.app a proper MAPI client or giving iCal some Exchange compatability. I have Entourage, but I find it to be lacking.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:54:36 +0000

until Macs read/write NTFS, fully support SMB, and can login to AD without the user being an LDAP schema expert, they will never take off.

Apple’s idea of corporate mac use = buy an Xserve and make your windows computers work with it.

The rest of the world buys linux or windows servers and make the macs work with them.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:58:32 +0000

Rajiv, did your company gave you the option to use an Apple?! That’s sweet! If that’s the case, go do that voodoo that you do so well and convert the M$ masses! muah ha ha ha

By: Nick Santilli

Nick Santilli — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:41:38 +0000

Rajiv - Very cool!
Keep us posted as to what your experience’s are. I’d love to hear what road-blocks you may encounter.

By: Rajiv

Rajiv — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:01:21 +0000

I completed day one at my company on a MacBook Pro! I turned in my HP notebook, docking station and monitor for the Mac. (total costs is almost the same).
I use Entourage to connect to the corporate MS-Exchange server. All the file shares work with no issues. All the networked printers work. Upgraded to the newer VPN client (intel) to connect remotely. Opted for OpenOffice instead on MS-Office.
So far — pretty sweet!

By: Richard Neal

Richard Neal — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:37:34 +0000

Jason: It’ll be pretty sweet.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:00:55 +0000

I was talking a gal at class tonight into buying a Mac. It’s certainly a little more out of the pocket up front (for those who don’t see the real value yet), but in the long run pays off. Another classmate bagged me for spending 3G on the new MBP… but I am 100% confident in the ability of this machine to pay for itself and/or I’ll drain this thing to the dreggs.

The best thing about Macs is they are an experience. I don’t like calling computers sexy, I don’t understand it, but sensual fits well. The whole user experience of owning a Mac is sensual. The keyboard, the font rendering, the screen, the reliability and quality, all put together make it difficult to turn down.

I’ll tell you what though, no one had anything to say when I told them I’ve only rebooted this thing once the six months I’ve owned it. And there were no witty retorts to my solution for spyware, viruses, etc… the Mac’s “ON” button.

Sweet, sweet, sweet machine! How sweet will the day be when corporations adopt the Mac.

By: Nick Santilli

Nick Santilli — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:39:43 +0000

My father in law actually runs his business solely on Macs. He’s been a Mac fan for a long, long time, but only made the business change a few years back. This whole conversation has got me thinking about writing about his experience - I’m sure he’s reading, so let me know if you’re game!

Everyone will see it work out differently though, I guess.

By: Zach Robbins

Zach Robbins — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:04:29 +0000

But the qustion is, will it be worth it farther down the road to make a switch? Personally, I decided it would be and spent the money to convert. Businesses can look at it the same, just with bigger figures.

By: Sunny

Sunny — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:02:10 +0000

I am so close to converting to the Mac OS. I’m so sick of Microsoft and it way tupid CPU consuming applications. I favored Windows before but after buying the iPod I’m starting to favor Apple technologies. I even wrote a simple short post on my blog about Mac and Windows http://desinotes.com/2006/11/12/5-reasons-why-macintosh-is-better-than-windows/