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Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs

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On 2016-10-20, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> In message <e6sagfFpjkiU1@mid.individual.net> 
>   Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Contrary to the silly ignorant claims of resident dimwit trolls:
>
>> 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.
>
>> Needless to say, the employees at IBM got it right. And with 73% of them
>> saying they want their next computer to be a Mac, the success will only
>> increase with time.
>
>> <https://www.jamf.com/blog/debate-over-ibm-confirms-that-macs-are-535-less-expensive-than-pcs/>
>
> How strange that JF, who loves posting news articles, didn't post this
> one.
>
> Curious, isn't it? :D

Not enough FUD value. ; )

> Nice that IBM figured out in 2016 what some of us have been saying for
> over 20 years.

Yep!

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[OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-20 16:42 +0000
  Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-20 19:07 +0000
    Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-20 19:19 +0000
    Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-10-21 17:02 -0400
      Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-21 17:10 -0400
        Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-10-21 17:45 -0400
          Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-10-21 15:37 -0700
            Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-10-21 18:57 -0400
              Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-22 01:43 +0000
              Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-22 05:00 +0000
      Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-22 04:58 +0000
    Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-21 20:38 -0500

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