Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 28, 2007 06:58 AM
It would be nice to see this updated a bit, as the article is pre-Firefox, Ubuntu etc. Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn (April 2007) includes a migration tool. Mac OS X also includes a migration tool.
There are a few more angles to consider too. In-house built apps could run just as well under X11 on Intel-based Macs, so while much existing hardware could run pure Linux, those needing mainstream commercial apps could use Mac to run them also with no need to dual-boot. Macs are a better option than in the past for continued Windows support too, if needed, since there is no CPU emulation involved. Although there are cheaper PCs, particularly those using older processors than Apple is using, the lower energy efficiency of those should be taken into account over time (both direct use and air-conditioning costs).
It would be interesting to see an analysis of how long various groups would take to recover transistion (time) costs through savings in reduced patch/antivirus/malware handling.
Also, transistion costs to Vista (time. licensing, and hardware upgrade) are significant. These should be included in any comparision since XPs support/availability days are numbered.
The time to transistion is now, before Vista becomes mainstream and XP support wanes.
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Good article
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 28, 2007 06:58 AMThere are a few more angles to consider too. In-house built apps could run just as well under X11 on Intel-based Macs, so while much existing hardware could run pure Linux, those needing mainstream commercial apps could use Mac to run them also with no need to dual-boot.
Macs are a better option than in the past for continued Windows support too, if needed, since there is no CPU emulation involved.
Although there are cheaper PCs, particularly those using older processors than Apple is using, the lower energy efficiency of those should be taken into account over time (both direct use and air-conditioning costs).
It would be interesting to see an analysis of how long various groups would take to recover transistion (time) costs through savings in reduced patch/antivirus/malware handling.
Also, transistion costs to Vista (time. licensing, and hardware upgrade) are significant. These should be included in any comparision since XPs support/availability days are numbered.
The time to transistion is now, before Vista becomes mainstream and XP support wanes.
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