Apple And Windows

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For years -- decades really -- the knock against Apple has been that while its easy-to-use products are fine and dandy for creative types and home users, the company was never going to succeed in the world of corporate users. Windows was always going to dominate enterprise computing, and, in more recent years, BlackBerry was supposed to have an unshakable hold on mobile.What a difference the last few years have made. The iPhone, of course, took the world by storm, and more and more IT departments are allowing employees to “buy their own” mobile handsets, with many, unsurprisingly, choosing to go iOS. Apple laptops and desktops have never been more popular (iMacs are now responsible for 33% of all all-in-one computer purchases), and the iPad remains practically unchallenged (just ask a RIM Playbook owner -- if you can find one) in the tablet space.And in 2012, according to the latest Global Tech Market Outlook from Forrester Research (if you can’t afford to spend $2,495 on the report, check out this great summary here), enterprise spending on Apple hardware looks like it’s only going to grow, to a predicted $19 billion. Compare that to as recently as 2009, when it was estimated at $2 billion, and you can see that Apple’s inroads have been phenomenal. Windows is still expected to account for the majority of the spending (approximately $69 billion), but every year Apple accounts for a much larger slice of the pie. If this keeps up, could Apple, not Microsoft, one day be the king of the enterprise hill? It’s a much less ridiculous proposition than it was even a couple of years ago.More on AskMen:How To Set Goals You Will Actually MeetThe Work Habits That Your Boss Hates Continue Reading

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