It appears that Snow Leopard, the new Mac OS X, will be aimed at business and enterprise users, signaling Apple's push to take Windows head on outside the consumer and education markets. Slated for availability six months prior to Windows 7, Snow Leopard will not only improve performance but also bring Microsoft Exchange Synchronization into the OS itself â" evidence that Apple is targeting the enterprise, seeking to capitalize on corporate disappointment with the Vista transition.
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Member since:2006-08-25
I do not Blame Apple's UI, That's actually a strong point. There must be NATIVE application support. Not virtualized Application support. That's a sysadmin's nightmare! Parallels is good for the consumer, developer, or home user. In business You need Support for these apps to the parent SW firm. If there is a middleman (or middleman application or layer), Support will Quickly brush you off blaming the Virtualization SW and their product was designed for, You guessed it... Windows!
And we already talked about hardware. If Apple is truly trying to gain traction in the Corporate world, They Most likely will have to change their business model, gain partnership with SW companies that are currently Microsoft Only, and have their Operating system run on Non-apple HW. We didn't even scratch the surface of IT Policy enforcement and compliance yet!
Also to consider, The economy right now is on a decline. Do you think it is feasible for corporations now to be Locked in on an expensive, Under supported solution? Or have a solution that still allows for exit plans?
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2006-09-15
My experience is that clients like the feel of Macs but, they need to run stuff that OS-X can't handle natively and Parallels doesn't cut it network wise.
I now hear customers trying to integrate their Macbooks into Windows networks cursing their Macs due to their frustration with Windows only apps and OS-X's inability to virtualise them well enough in a network environment.
Personally I put it down to flawed dumbed down UI from Apple. If Apple allowed people a little more hands on control of OS-X and its settings then we would have a more harmonious environment to work with.