You have that right. For years Macs have been assoiciated with academia. They are for the most part very powerful machines that have some nice features that support academia well because of the closed architecture and exclusivity. However, when compared the business world, there are so many other dynamic uses that Macs do not compare.
Story From The Trenches:
We support the network for the cancer research center at University Hospital. We get ass-tons of support calls, because their network is their main source of genetic data exchange and consultations. And it’s gotta keep running.
Got a call frmo a researcher with a Mac. Off the cuff, while I was fixing his account, I asked how he deals with the Mac vs. IBM debate.
He said simply, “Mac makes our presentations do backflips, but can it defrag a DNA string, and send the code to Hopkins? Hardly.”