[Lagmeister]

This is not just a decision by IBM to convert to Mac. This is a partnership and in that joint venture IBM will take over the sales of Mac. The IT for a Mac then is primarily ‘Cloud based’ which brings up all sorts of questions. Sure, you can cut staff, just like asking people to press ‘one’ for English.

[EVO X]

I Missed the joint venture thing with Apple and IBM. It would make sense IBM would allow Macs in house since they have to write apps, configure cloud services, etc.

[Swordmaker]

This is not just a decision by IBM to convert to Mac. This is a partnership and in that The IT for a Mac then is primarily ‘Cloud based’ which brings up all sorts of questions. Sure, you can cut staff, just like asking people to press ‘one’ for English.

There is no plan for IBM or any "joint venture IBM will take over the sales of Mac." Lagemeister is making up that facturd by pulling it out of his posterior. IBM is and has agreed to create iOS applications for the Enterprise level business sector and so far created some 250 high quality Enterprise grade apps for the iPhone and iPad. They are NOT going to become Apple's partner to sell Macs or even iOS devices. SHEESH!