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March 31st, 2008 at 11:32 pm

Forrester: Forget Macs. In business, it’s still all about Windows

In spite of the continual noise around Macs gaining marketshare, Windows still totally and completely rules the enterprise roost. That's another of the findings of the Forrester Research report I cited earlier today -- "Enterprise Desktop And Web 2.0/SaaS Platform Trends, 2007.  Consumer love aside, Macs still just don't matter in the business world. From the report, released by Forrester on March 31: "Enterprises’ share of Windows users dropped by nearly 4% during the year, but Microsoft’s monopoly remains undisputed: Some 95% of business users run Windows. While 2007 was a big year for Apple, with its enterprise share growing threefold to 4.2%, uptake remains limited to enthusiasts and small workgroups. IT departments crave standardization, and Macs pose too many...

 

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