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Study: Apple Macs have lower Total Cost of Ownership than Windows PCs
Thursday, October 7, 2021 10:49 am

When employees were sent home en masse at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, IT teams were forced to quickly adapt to a dramatic increase in remote work. Now, many employees are advocating to stay remote or to move to a hybrid model when they are in the office part-time. A new study by Dimensional Research finds, yet again, that Apple Macs and other Apple devices have many advantages, including lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Dimensional Research via Kandjii:

The hybrid workforce is expanding dramatically

• 94% have hybrid workers
• 70% more than doubled the number of remote or hybrid workers in past two years
• 87% say that the good of hybrid work outweighs the bad
• 97% agree the hybrid workforce is here to stay

Apple device adoption increases as the hybrid workforce grows

• 76% report increase in use of Apple devices in past two years
• 63% say use of Mac notebook computers increased in past two years
• 53% cite an increase in requests for Apple devices among employees
• Many more IT stakeholders reported an increase in requests for Apple devices than reported an increase in requests for other types of devices (42% vs. 11%)

Apple devices have advantages for remote management

• 95% face challenges managing remote devices
• 48% believe Apple devices have advantages over other types of devices for hybrid workers
• 54% of IT device management stakeholders and 56% of IT leadership have increased confidence in their ability to remotely manage Apple devices in the past two years
• 75% agree that Apple devices have lower overall Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

MacDailyNews Take: Of course Macs have lower TCO than crappy Windows PCs. This has been known and documented now for many years.

https://macdailynews.com/2021/10/07/study-apple-macs-have-lower-total-cost-of-ownership-than-windows-pcs/

See also:
• IBM now has over 290,000 Apple Macs and other devices deployed – November 12, 2019
• The debate is over: IBM confirms that Apple Macs are $535 less expensive than Windows PCs – October 20, 2016
• IBM realizes huge savings with largest-ever enterprise Mac deployment: 100,000 Macs by end of year – October 19, 2016
• Enterprise Desktop Alliance: Apple Macs cost a lot less than Windows PCs to manage – March 9, 2010
• IT survey finds Macs in the enterprise easier, cheaper to manage than Windows PCs – March 18, 2010
• Pfeiffer Consulting: Mac vs Windows: Total Cost of Ownership, Productivity and Return on Investment – March 30, 2006