The Reign Of Windows At Work 'Is Coming To An End' And Macs Are Rising Fast

Business Insider ^ | 07/05/2014 | Julie Bort

[SeekAndFind]

It's been clear for some time that the iPad has taken the enterprise by storm as employees tote it to work and companies buy fleets of them. But Apple's PC, the Mac, has never been as dominant in the workplace, until now, according to new research from long-time Microsoft rival, VMware.

VMware queried 376 IT professionals and found that they are increasingly being asked to buy and/or support Macs in the enterprise by employees who want Macs, not Windows machines.

"Microsoft Windows has dominated enterprise desktops for close to three decades but it appears its reign is coming to an end. As BYOPC ["Bring Your Own PC"] and BYOD [Bring Your Own Device] continue to transform the enterprise, Macs have become a popular and preferred option compared to Windows PCs," says Erik Frieberg, VP of Marketing, End-User Computing, VMware, in the report.

[PeteB570]

Graphic Design?

Had to get my daughter one for College Graphic Design also.

[FXRP]

“Where did I comment on VMWare on this thread? (Looking back ... not seeing anything ...) “

The third paragraph cites VMWare as the source of the study being cited. To me, that calls the validity into question. If anybody has an axe to grind about Windows being overtaken by Mac, they do. Of course, they could be honest and forthright. I just like to check the source of every survey or poll before evaluating the results.

My position as faculty member and computer nerd gives me an unique view of who uses what in their office and home (when they bring them in with a virus). Macs are not superseding Windows machines yet. Students have them and use Office 2011 which works fine for Word and Excel. Of course, I also teach Access. They become quite frustrated when they learn they will have to buy the Windows version and run it in a shell. Most aren’t tech savvy enough to do that.

Once in a while I get a student who has little money, so I find him a discarded PC and load up Ubuntu and Libre Office. Those students get a leg up on the others and often build their own machines.

Personally, I have a Macbook Pro and a big iMac, but I seldom use them. The three monitor PC is just too much fun in the office and the iPad is perfect for wasting time at faculty meetings. The 24” iMac is perfect for running kiosk PowerPoints.

[coon2000]

Devices? You mean OS’s? That is all I asked about. Your reading comprehension is pathetic. You have presented your skill set and it is very weak.

I am not on a Mac. I do not have Netgear. That word salad means that you do not know.

[Lx]

You doth protest to much. You know, devices, computers, routers, switches, printers, load balancers, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, but you wouldn't know about that would you?

Devices? You mean OS’s?

I've got a Windows O/S disk but for some reason, I can't do anything with it unless I install it in some sort of device.

I do love it when the peasants try to speak IT go watch a movie on your tablet and leave the adults to support businesses that make money.

When and if the CIO deems it necessary to support Macs or tablets, I'll be glad to, until then, no.

[itsahoot]

Let me clue you in on something. IT exists solely to support a business.

It exists to make sure the IT department exists.

I am not a fan boy I am 75 years old and have seen what microsoft and the IT departments have passed off on the world.

[Swordmaker]

My mind is closed? I’ve put several companies on the Internet, had thousands of users and one data center had over 400 servers and another had a mainframe and 200 servers to support along with a backup data center that mirrored the one in Sacramento. I’ve been doing this a long time and to get a lecture from someone who probably has one Mac is a joke. Let me see you walk in my shoes, I can damn well walk in yours.

Absolutely your mind is closed. This post proves it.

Me? I frankly doubt you could walk in my shoes. I'm a business and cross platform computer consultant. I've owned and operated a business in that field for 35 years. You couldn't do it because know zero about Macs. I have experience as well in setting up and managing several multi-platform networks for businesses, small to medium size non-profits, schools, publishers—including two newspapers and three magazines, and many professional offices, including one I manage now as a consultant, that has a mix of Mac OSX, Windows 7, and Linux, doing work from general office all the way to 3D tomographic radiography, CADCAM, and HD Video editing. . . Now 99% on Macs. The computers that created the MOST network problems were the Windows PCs—they were constantly randomly crashing the network. . . We removed them and put them out. Anything that absolutely required a Windows solution now runs in a sandbox VM on a Mac. No more crashing network.

I have many more than "one" Mac, and work with various versions of Windows (XP, 7 and 8.1), Linux, Mac OSX 9 Mavericks and it's underlying UNIX. . . and my company and I have been doing IT for over 35 years. My main Mac runs virtual machine versions of ALL of those OSes except UNIX simultaneously in sandboxes so I can serve my clients. Even my MacBook Air has several Virtual Machines at my beck and call so I can bring them up to attempt to duplicate an issue for a client, or step through with them showing how to do something. The vast majority of problems and my company's income comes from those clients running Windows.

I find it amusing to be lectured by someone who apparently knows NOTHING about a computer, the Mac, that more and more people are buying, and is running one of the four certified POSIX compliant TradeMarked UNIX operating systems. . . and who seems proud of that ignorance! Everything you posted on the Mac is at least a decade and a half out of date. Save your ignorance of the Mac platform for someone you can bamboozle.

The good news, Lx, is that ignorance is curable. Get a Mac and start learning.

[Swordmaker]

My apologies. It is considered proper FreeRepublic thread etiquette to include the person addressed in the comment if someone also replies to that comment. I was adding to the incorrect information being supplied to you. I was following FR protocol in putting your name on my reply. So sorry that you are somehow offended that I corrected DennisW's usual and customary FUD attempt. I sincerely am sorry you were offended.

My response is not only to you, but also to the 560 other members of the Apple/Mac/iPhone/iPad/iOS ping list that have asked me to provide accurate information on these threads as well as keep them notified about them. You are not alone on here you know.

In the future, if it should happen again, and it very well may, as I don't keep a twit filter, please just feel free to just ignore it.

[Swordmaker]

My time is too precious to check out Apple specs....I said it was a guess. You apple bois are touchy!!! Sheesh another reason not to buy one.

No, DennisW, we Apple users on FR have your number and know your MO.

Your time is so valuable yet you have plenty of time to troll FR Apple threads and spread your FUD anti Apple comments. You have enough time to go and find the specs of TWO Mac mini models and post them on this thread. . . But not see the max RAM expansion data on those pages? No, you just didn't want to know because it didn't fit your studied point of posting ignorant FEAR and DOUBT about the Mac's capabilities. You did not want to inform, your purpose is to dis-inform. It's what you do.

THE RISE OF THE PHABLET

Stylish. . . er, where do you stash that thing when you're not hiding behind it?

The chumps in Cupertino..... robotic and stuck-up to not put out a phablet...Samsung is trouncing Apple with these

What planet have you been lining on that you've missed all the reports of Apple's new iPhone 6 coming in September with 4.7" and 5.5" screens?

Oh, and Samsung isn't whupping anyone with their phablets. . . Samsung is losing profits, market share, and Apple's second tier iPhone 5C outsold Samsung's Galaxy S5 flagship phone in May 2014—tech nightowl, July, 2014. Samsung itself is forecasting lower sales and profits for the current quarter. . . and it's stock dropped.

Apple could challenge Samsung in the later half of 2014 Source—marketrealist.com

"(See chart at source). . . According to the above chart, Apple leads the lucrative U.S. smartphone market with a share of 42% and is way ahead of Samsung, which has a 27% share. Apple’s market share increase in 2013 was helped by the September 2013 release of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C models in the U.S. and other markets. However, the main challenge for Samsung in the later part of 2014 would be the launch of the iPhone 6 by Apple in September or earlier. We discussed evidence for an earlier launch of the iPhone 6 in the Market Realist article An earlier iPhone 6 launch would help Apple avoid Samsung’s threat. In that article, we discussed the reports from DigiTimes and the China Times that suggest Apple could launch the iPhone 6 earlier than expected."

[dennisw]

Your time is so valuable yet you have plenty of time to troll FR Apple threads and spread your FUD anti Apple comments. You have enough time to go and find the specs of TWO Mac mini models and post them on this thread. . . But not see the max RAM expansion data on those pages? No, you just didn't want to know because it didn't fit your studied point of posting ignorant FEAR and DOUBT about the Mac's capabilities. You did not want to inform, your purpose is to dis-inform. It's what you do.

You troll all the Apple threads and start your own too so you can troll them
I did a really quick skim of the last 5 Apple thread via your profile and guess what. This present one is the only one I am on. So you are wrong! I stopped at 5 but it might be 6 or 10 I don't know.....my  time is too precious to waste on the Cupertino hucksters and gaybois

You did not want to inform, your purpose is to dis-inform. It's what you do.

The proper word is debunk. Debunking the high cost of buying into the status seeking Apple mythos same as freepers do

[coon2000]

You are throwing out redundant terminology. You should just stop, you look foolish. You are just making yourself look weaker with every post to me.

I did not ever bring up anything about a tablet and watching movies but since you did, do you have any clue as to how many billions of dollars are being made doing just that? Would you say that there are any adults supporting those IT departments? Do you think there might be at least one adult at Google or Apple or Comcast or DirecTV? Do you think maybe they are supporting businesses that make money?

[TXnMA]

See #113:"So you restore cars while we like putting together windows computers. Big whoop! Just another gayish attempt at Apple one upsmanship." .

Milder than usual, but did you note that my (Apple user's) 'cuda restoration is "gayish" while your 'vette restoration is not so labeled?

The psychosis symptoms are readily apparent for those who look with open eyes.

Long history -- and I don't care if you agree with me or not; it's all in the FR files.

[longtermmemmory]

the authors are mixing tablets with computers.

a ipad/tablet is not the same and does not do the same job.

too bad MS’s new tablet is waaaaaaaaaaay overpriced since it is an actual computer.

[Lx]

No, I didn’t notice. Restoring a car is gay. yeah right. I’d like to see some homo do the transmission bench press to stab it in the car.

Are they saying that using a Mac is gay or is restoring a Mopar or both.

Anytime there’s a Mac thread, someone always says they don’t use a Mac because they’re heterosexual; I didn’t know PC’s had gender issues, soon they’ll be allowed to use the restroom that they feel represents that day’s sexual identity.

People like to be victims so when IT doesn’t support a Mac, it’s not because there’s no business need, it’s because Macs are better or so complex or something. I’m pretty sure someone who can do the CLI using IOS on a Cisco device can probably incorporate a Mac into a network.

People really need to understand that, as I’ve said numerous times, the IT supports the business, make a business case for a Mac and it will happen.

[Lx]

You are throwing out redundant terminology. You should just stop, you look foolish. You are just making yourself look weaker with every post to me.

Name the redundant technology.

You flatter yourself. Yes, I always take advice from someone who is clueless and is losing the argument. If I was embarrassing myself, I'm pretty sure you would egg me on in order to embarrass myself further; Mother Theresa you're not.

I don't care how much money they make, although I do love to see capitalism in action.

My concern is supporting the network, period.

[RinaseaofDs]

macs are poodles, and expensive ones at that. I have both (all three, actually - Linux).

[coon2000]

Name the redundant technology.

I said "redundant TERMINOLOGY". Slow down and read.

There is no argument to win or lose here. I am not even sure what you are so angry about. Would you fell better if I told you that I am typing this on a Server 2012 R2 machine? Does it look different to you when I respond on a Linux or OS X machine? Please respond, I am a peasant but not Mother Theresa...very curious as to the next epiphany on your part.

[Lx]

The good news, Lx, is that ignorance is curable. Get a Mac and start learning.

You're a psychic? What are the powerball numbers the next game?

I've actually had a Mac for over a year, it was a nice machine but inside the quality was very interesting. This was in 2004 and it was an Imac, I know, they're the bottom of the line but it worked and never crashed although the drive died which has nothing to do with Apple.

Plugged it into the network and it was off to the races, Windows PCs do the same thing though. The BSODS thast pagued Windows Nt have been pretty mich solved, I haen't seen the blue scree in a least a year.

My biggest problem I had with a Mac is that a friend had an SE?? the one with the monitor in the case. Apple, in their infinite wisdom, has you drag the floppy to the trash to eject it. It's cool when it works but when it doesn't, it's actually very easy to fix IF you have the correct tools. The worse part is they use a torx screw and the tool needs to be around a foot long to reach the screw. I had to cut one of my Torx fold out tools and rig it to work. It took longer to do that than fix the floppy. I was impressed with the insides, it looked very clean and it didn't have the Oops, we made a mistake so we have to have a new rev and solder a wire (or several) to fix the issue whatever it is. When I was a bench tech, I always wondered about the people who didn't get the fix.

If my CIO said we have to support Macs, I would be elated, more info for my CV and it would be awesome to research the pitfalls that come with any device and the beautiful part is that instead of recreating the wheel, I could look at someone elses work.

Don't flatter yourself, I could run in your shoes and I assume you could do the same to me. Not knowing a Mac is not a problem, I get issues with devices I've never seen and I fix them in no time (of course Google helps here).

I've been thinking of getting a tablet. A man in our fellowship has one and it makes it incredibly easy to go to the verse the Pastor is referencing; that is an awesome way to follow the Pastor. I don't know if I should get the Apple version or the myriad of clones out there. I've got an Iphone because AT&T offered it for a dollar. It has a bunch of feature but I only use it to make phone calls, still it was worth a dollar and I haven't had the battery issues folks are whining about. The only downside is that if you have Bluetooth enabled, it suck the battery dry quickly. I don;t think Apple did this on purpose and my wives Samsung has a horrible battery life span. Doing nothing, you have to charge it only after twelve hours.

[dennisw]

Forget the “gayish” remark. You going on about restoring the barracuda or what have you was typical Apple_user status seeking and one upmanship as in>>>>

“You dopes go build and fiddle all day long with your PCs. I am way beyond that. What I have is a computer that is ultra-fantastic and ultra-reliable so that I can get on with the more important things in life. Restoring barracudas from my childhood”

[dennisw]

“too bad MS’s new tablet is waaaaaaaaaaay overpriced since it is an actual computer.”

with real CPUs as in mobile Haswell lo-power i3, i5, i7 and lots of memory. You can multitask with these. They are ultra light/ultra slim laptops really in tablet form. A laptop with built in screen so you use a flex-keyboard with it as an option to do things faster. Or use without that keyboard as a pure tablet

[KGeorge]

On my “one of these days when things settle down” list. My best adopter gave me a CD with “Damn Small Linux” & I have had non stop health problems with my 2 dearest dogs + a million other dinky aggravations & never even looked at it. Of course it wouldn’t work on the S10 (no disk drive)
I was planning to do a Safari “hack” with it. (And that may be part of it. It has Safari for Windows on it)
I am so stupid with technology, it’s painful.