IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs
But isn’t it expensive, and doesn’t it overload IT? No. IBM found that not only do PCs drive twice the amount of support calls, they’re also three times more expensive. That’s right, depending on the model, IBM is saving anywhere from $273 - $543 per Mac compared to a PC, over a four-year lifespan. “And this reflects the best pricing we’ve ever gotten from Microsoft,” Previn said. Multiply that number by the 100,000+ Macs IBM expects to have deployed by the end of the year, and we’re talking some serious savings.
There’s a few guys at a place I used to work who really need to read this article.
Previn ended the session with a fact worth noting. “Every Mac we buy is in fact continuing to make and save IBM money.”
(Via DF, of course.)