In Apple’s first-quarter earnings, the Mac leads the way in sales growth
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Are costs of ownership and maintenance low enough to make the difference in initial purchase cost justified, with all the jokes about Apple's pricing?
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That'd be actually good news for anyone wishing to get Macs at some point. More attention to desktop OS - less mobile bullshit.
Maybe they are aiming for Windows' corpse, and their "premium" product-placement can be adjusted for Linux being the "cheap worse thing" (put down those pitchforks, please, I'm not on Apple's side here).
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Maybe. The average Joe looks at the price tag and make up their mind, but it’s a trap. You also have to factor in the support costs. IT staff, device insurance, breach costs, etc. A device costs much more (2x, 3x or even more) than what you pay the OEM on the PO. The biggest sink is the human costs of supporting the fleet. Macs have higher capex but lower opex. In the end I see savings between 20-40% for well fitted clients.
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For sure, that makes sense. To me, the biggest transition that I expect to see over the next few years in large enterprises will be to ARM-based Snapdragon chips from Intel and AMD. I'm sure some will also go Apple though.
