High-level IT personnel in major companies across this country (and the world) shy away from Macs because they are too simple. They work great for grandma and grandpa, but not as enterprise-level, scalable solutions. Until Apple creates a Geek-oriented OS, the Mac OS will always remain Windows puny wannabe sidekick.

LOL, do you think this would still be the case were there no such invention as the 'iPod'? Let's not forget that this one product line alone accounts for something like 2/3 of Apple's profit.

I am not discrediting the Mac's ability to do work. You can plug it in and turn it on. What I am frustrated with is the dilated pupils of the Mac community. You take it so personally – it's so political to you. Regardless of platform, it is inherently more expensive to run multiple OS's in any environment. Multiple licenses, multiple knowledge bases, multiple server platforms. The point I was trying to make, again before you started weeping about your "intuitive" machine, is that we made the choice to go to PC and it works great for us. PC's can and do work fine. Mac's can and do work fine as well. And to you, it is "intuitive" because you are familiar with that environment. Am I more familiar with Windows than Mac? Sure I am! That's why the district hired me and that's why the users in our environment enjoy a carefree computer wokspace – because I have taught myself to serve them using the tools that I am comfortable with. They in turn respect the fact that if they want support in this environment that they will use a PC vs. a Mac. And they love it!! It's not that they want to use a PC or a Mac, they simply want to be productive and prepare the students. In some ways I am almost admitting to you that I have a level of ignorance about the Mac, just as I am certain you have a level of ingorance about the PC. There is no tyranny in this place. I am not a Nazi in regards to what "appliances" are used. I simply offer to help within the confines of my knowledge base. Furthermore, the ill placed brush stroke that all PC's are garbage and fail all the time and that all Macs are bulletproof and never get a virus is malarchy. By your own words you have admitted that the computers, Mac and PC alike, are simply appliances. So the real argument is not which is better, it's simply which do people prefer. My argument is that people prefer to do what's comfortable to them.

And when did I bring up stock prices? The iPod and iPhone have been great moves on Apple's part. Mac has found some resistance in the marketplace to their computers, so they have broadened their product offerings to compensate. That's great business sense! And the products are cool and they sell a ton of them. Hats off to Apple! That brand recognition may even yield more computer sales. Yeah for Apple! But don't get all fired up over 6% market share. Improved? Yes. On the verge of changing the world, not even close.

Reply: A computer is an appliance. Essentially, sophisticated adding machines that operate swiftly. One's and zero's and a user interface are not mystical and don't have personalities. Since current Mac's can run all major operating systems, then why were they removed unless you did it to insure keeping your position as an overlord of an clunky appliance. Mac's are for people who simply want to do their work (intuitavely) and avoid having submit to the snobbery of some uber-geek.

First of all, the stability of a network is pretty far removed from the stability of an OS on a workstation. However, the stability of a server or workstation could certainly be measured by the uptime and availabilty provided by the resident OS. Be sure to keep your ideas straight as you Mac addicts nod your bobble heads to the cry-baby rhythms of your bandwagon buddies.

2nd, at our disrict (as in SCHOOL DISTRICT, as in the EDUCATIONAL ARENA) we have removed all Macs from our district and have run an ALL WINDOWS environment for the past 4 years. We have had only 1 major outage – it happened when somebody threw a breaker and the UPS's finally crapped out over a holiday break.

The bottom line is, if the equipment is setup correctly by someone who knows what they are doing, a smooth running Windows environment is easy to achieve. The problem is every snot-nosed ITT Tech grad and MCSE certificate holder thinks he knows how to setup and maintain a Windows environment. When the environment fails – due to incompetent people, not equipment failure – people cry the Mac blues. Rest assured, at our school PC is not the option – it's the answer.

This world is in no danger of being overrun by Mac users. 6% market share?? Nice job Apple. You are barely beating back the market share of two video game consoles.

OS Wars – 81% of Windows market share loss went to Mac OS X