Comment It's coming... (Score 1) 498
One thing to consider in the corporate world, for those that can't understand why companies take a while to upgrade hardware, is that you have to consider that all assets, even a laptop, must both be in service for a period of time to make the purchase cost effective, and the lifetime costs of the item (initiail purchase, support) must be realized over a set period of time by the accounting department. Each person can't go buy a new $500 laptop every year (or even 2, or 3). We're completing a global refresh project now with all new hardware (laptops, desktops, and some servers). Typically this is done every 5 years at which time the hardware can be taken off the books and disposed/sold/donated. The new CIO says that in another 5 years, instead of a big refresh project, every user gets an allocation of funds and can purchase whatever hardware they want. BUT, at the same time, we are currently piloting running ALL apps via Citrix XenApp. So while all the Mac freaks will be excited to go buy an overpriced piece of junk, they're just going to be using Citrix! Even Office 2010 and Communicator are in Citrix.