Apple has made it a priority to lure small businesses to the Mac OS platform, reasoning that those businesses will be willing to abandon Windows in favor of a network that is easier to maintain without tremendous IT resources.
Granted, adopting an Apple solution is more costly initially, Al Gillen, director of infrastructure software research at IDC, told the E-Commerce Times. "Apple typically charges a premium because they feel customers are getting better technology," he noted.
But in the long run, higher up-front costs may be offset by lower network maintenance costs, particularly for a small business. After all, Apple is known for producing systems that require very little support and that are intuitive enough for even novice users to maintain.
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