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Who uses Macs in the business world?

I work for an engineering company and macOS is supported by our infrastructure. A lot of Mac users here, maybe 30% of the technical staff. I have a Windows VM for Visio and for some group calendar functions that don't seem to work well on Outlook for the Mac. Other then that it is rare that I have to connect to the VM other than to manually patch it when SCCM is taking too long to patch automatically and I start getting emails that I have a machine out of compliance.
 
AidenShaw said:
Have you watched television or read print media in the last 10 years?

Apple is about Igadgets, not OSX computers. The creative world escaped the walled garden.
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Really, it started in the late 90's, as I recall. Adobe had a history of releasing software on the Mac first, and then on PC a year later. But Apple and Adobe were constantly feuding, and Adobe decided they were tired of Apple's sh*t. Adobe announced that all of their software would be released for Mac and PC simultaneously, thus taking away one of the major arguments for the creative community to be Mac-only.
 
The company I work for writes lots of software including Practice Management, Staff scheduling, reporting, PACS and LIMS systems for the veterinary profession. All of this runs natively on macOS and on enduser Macs and Windows devices.

We used to buy a significant number of Mac minis for end users who wanted a mac work station but since the price in the UK has significantly increased for an entry level Mac mini most users now chose a Windows device instead.
 
I only last year left a mostly PC-only company (in the banking industry) and have joined a communications department in higher ed that's all Mac. Huge relief.

I also run an independent digital publishing company (Exciting Press), and that's definitely Mac only. Besides cover design, there's a publishing layout program called Vellum that's hands down the best software for what it does and it's exclusive to Mac.
 
Windows has always been the OS of corporate world. Applause to Microsoft for using their advertisement and other tactics back in 90s, while Apple was basically nothing. They won large market there.
 
Hater said:
Our front of house clients are all iMacs (running Windows 7), but they're slowly being phased out for HP all in ones.

All of the infrastructure here is based on Windows Server, there is no provision for MacOS.
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Macs certainly can run on Active Directory. A good administrator might have to spend 10 minutes on the internet to find out the best option to make it happen.
 
phrehdd said:
Macs certainly can run on Active Directory. A good administrator might have to spend 10 minutes on the internet to find out the best option to make it happen.
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Or they can just smash out the same desktop SOE to all machines and not have to deal with the technical overheads and hurdles of having different people running different environments.
 
entropyfl said:
I work in home entertainment I.e. publishing movies on BR and DVD!

I’m all Mac but I’m very surprised that the majority of our industry is on windows including the design and production departments.
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It’s sad but understandable. Those were key areas where Apple once was king. But the neglect of the platform has taking its toll. My next computer won’t be a Mac either :(
 
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I work for a major IT company. if your not a contractor they give you the options for MAC laptop or windows. I switch to a MAC about 4 years ago. I was getting bored of the same windows laptops over and over again so figured I would try it out since I have IOS devices for the other stuff anyways.
 
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The company I work for writes lots of software including Practice Management, Staff scheduling, reporting, PACS and LIMS systems for the veterinary profession. All of this runs natively on macOS and on enduser Macs and Windows devices.

We used to buy a significant number of Mac minis for end users who wanted a mac work station but since the price in the UK has significantly increased for an entry level Mac mini most users now chose a Windows device instead.
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The only progress being made by Apple on the hardware side has been making it more expensive. I’ve bought the newest 5K iMac and at work I’ve the iMac pro. Both machines had their problems right out the box. The iMac pro is the least reliable Mac I’ve used since 1989.

Together with that, they don’t offer me the value for money I experience and what always was my defending mechanism to justify using Mac. These computers will probably be my last Macs.
 
Hater said:
Or they can just smash out the same desktop SOE to all machines and not have to deal with the technical overheads and hurdles of having different people running different environments.
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Not a bad idea, maybe those corps could stop mixing Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, various VM host OS's and items like Citrix. Then again if we went by statistics for virus and malware targets, we need to dump Windows entirely.
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HJM.NL said:
The only progress being made by Apple on the hardware side has been making it more expensive. I’ve bought the newest 5K iMac and at work I’ve the iMac pro. Both machines had their problems right out the box. The iMac pro is the least reliable Mac I’ve used since 1989.

Together with that, they don’t offer me the value for money I experience and what always was my defending mechanism to justify using Mac. These computers will probably be my last Macs.
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A bit curious, which non pro iMac did you get and what were the issues? I admit I stopped (for home use) buying Apple and remain with a 2015 MBP. I think many of us agree that this is not the same Apple of yore when it comes to computers.
 
phrehdd said:
A bit curious, which non pro iMac did you get and what were the issues? I admit I stopped (for home use) buying Apple and remain with a 2015 MBP. I think many of us agree that this is not the same Apple of yore when it comes to computers.
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At home I’ve the 2017 iMac i7 5K. It would not probably connect with the keyboard and mouse. First they put in a new Broadcom chip, but I was experiencing the same issues. Than they’ve put in a whole new motherboard. Together with hours of phone calls and taking more than 6 weeks to repair, it was my most frustrating experience yet with a € 3000,- machine. They didn’t even lend me a substitute Mac in the meantime or any other compensation. On top of that the magic keyboard II bend over time like a banana. It was a known issue and Apple quietly revised it (that’s why it took so long in the beginning to order a new magic keyboard II).

This was for the first I wasn’t happy with my newly bought iMac. It felt If I had bought a refurbished iMac after the repairs because they had to cut the screen open twice to get to the inner parts and remove the glue.

The first time it got returned the glass of the screen wasn’t placed correctly. They made that right the second repair. All in all not a premium experience.
 
HJM.NL said:
At home I’ve the 2017 iMac i7 5K. It would not probably connect with the keyboard and mouse. First they put in a new Broadcom chip, but I was experiencing the same issues. Than they’ve put in a whole new motherboard. Together with hours of phone calls and taking more than 6 weeks to repair, it was my most frustrating experience yet with a € 3000,- machine. They didn’t even lend me a substitute Mac in the meantime or any other compensation. On top of that the magic keyboard II bend over time like a banana. It was a known issue and Apple quietly revised it (that’s why it took so long in the beginning to order a new magic keyboard II).

This was for the first I wasn’t happy with my newly bought iMac. It felt If I had bought a refurbished iMac after the repairs because they had to cut the screen open twice to get to the inner parts and remove the glue.

The first time it got returned the glass of the screen wasn’t placed correctly. They made that right the second repair. All in all not a premium experience.
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Thank you for sharing and truly sorry for your woes there. I have had similar experience with other electronics and yes, it does feel like having a refurb or used while still paying for a new item.
 
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I’m a physician and I work in 2 neurophysiology labs. I use only macs in my private practice, but the labs where I work use exclusively windows. Is a pain to use the office computers. 50% of the personal use macs.
 
My last employer was a ~10k person provider of IT services, partnered with Microsoft. We officially used Wintel workstations and laptops, although there were a few dozen or more MacBooks that I was aware of.

The culture allowed the business units a lot of autonomy, and if an executive or high-level person wanted MacBooks for their teams, it happened. Of course this drove central IT leadership insane, but then everything was a tug of war so this was small potatoes. There were many consultants and non-MS partners that used them as well, but I guess that was to be expected.
 
In my own travels, it’s mostly all windows. The bank, the library, well everywhere. I happen to work in the hotel business so I always ask about Property Management Systems when traveling. One visit to the coast a few years ago I saw an Apple logo on the back of the monitor during checking in at the hotel. After looking in to it, I found out that the software was web based. Any browser will do.

We switched to it a few months later and it’s been solid so far. Glad I asked.

But we didn’t swap over to the Mac for an OS on property. There wasn’t a reason to spend the money on switching hardware nor training anyone when it was all in the browser. They already knew windows. Just like everyone we hire.

I like both OSs, but there has to be a monetary gain to swap either in business. Usually it pays to stand still with computers and employees.
 
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My husband works for a company that sell essential oils and fragrances. They only use macs there for everything.
 
Science/technology company here ... 5000ish employees, probably about 100 Macs. Our IT supports Macs on a limited basis ... we do basic management with Jamf Pro (mostly security compliance related). Most Mac users are power users working in the cloud devops area.
 
Yes, my last few employers have. My current employer gives a choice of hardware/ operating systems to use, which is nice.

Unfortunately, due to the 2016 MacBook Pro price hikes, that resulted in lower specs for Mac users ( there's this concept of a 'budget' ). The USB C only connectors also resulted in more expense. All our monitors are HDMI....

There are probably more Macs around than others.
 
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