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To: Road Walker who wrote (108829)	2/9/2011 5:25:00 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213185

>> I imagine IT guys shudder when thinking about that change for 1000's of desktops. He he especially Microsoft IT guys. Hey they won't have to transition the desktops immediately. I'm sure HP has enough experience with Microsoft and systems integration to smooth things. Particularly in the age of the Virtual and Cloud. After all it is a huge supplier of desktops, servers and IT consulting to corporations. If anyone can do that it's them. Apple actually doesn't even come close to having HPs corporate IT experience.

To: Road Walker who wrote (108829)	2/9/2011 6:42:29 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213185

>>As a small company we just trasitioned from all PC to about 80% Mac, and it wasn't too bad. Still I have a Mac and a PC on my desk because one lousy mission critical app is nowhere to be found for Mac. << Why not use VMWare or Parallels?

To: Road Walker who wrote (108829)	2/10/2011 11:33:42 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213185

As a small company we just trasitioned from all PC to about 80% Mac, and it wasn't too bad. Still I have a Mac and a PC on my desk because one lousy mission critical app is nowhere to be found for Mac. I imagine IT guys shudder when thinking about that change for 1000's of desktops. This is the key problem that keeps getting in the way of AAPL's success in business. Yes, there are workarounds, but they mostly involve time and expense. This is why someone's argument the other day that CEOs are idiots in making the decision to stay with Windows is full of holes. There are just too many things you can't do on a Mac because the software isn't there. When we have someone running a Mac that wants access to our Windows apps, we put them on Remote Desktop or Terminal Services, which functions reasonably well at zero cost. That could be an option for you that is simple to do and generally need not involve more IT dollars.