Sunday, July 06, 2003
Sixty-nine Mac-using businesses and counting...so much for the myth that businesses only use PC's
Well, that was fast. You want to know how quickly Mac-using businesses are responding to the opportunity to help dispel the myth that the business world only uses PC's? I've had to change the title of this column twice before finishing the first paragraph, as new companies continue to pour into my inbox. I believe there are currently a total of sixty-nine names on the list, in the first eighteen hours of response time. Hey, maybe we're on to something here.
I was expecting the publishers, the artists, the creative types, the designers, the musicians, and so on. I was a bit taken aback by the number of Doctors, Dentists, Attorneys, Churches, Realtors, Travel Agencies, and Insurance Companies. The most unique entries came from a "homemade wine and beer" wholesaler, and a Tipi manufacturing company. Oh, and a company called "Jan Bardi PsychoStunts" -- I think the name says it all. It's no surprise that the publisher of MacNetJournal uses Macs, but it's worth mentioning for those who never made the connection. It's always good to hear from a Mac-celebrity like Patrick Gant, the star of one of the very first of Apple's "Switch" ads. And you've just got to see some of the postcards that are manufactured, using Macs exclusively, right here in South Florida.
Then there are the fun ones. The Inquirer recently unearthed the fact that both Intel and Dell apparently have at least a few Macs in-house. The United States Air Force uses Macs in its graphics departments "all over the world". By now I think we all know that a fourth of Luxology's employees use Macs, but what I never knew was just how many non-profit groups across the nation use Macs exclusively, because "we have no money and the Macs save us a bundle in cost of ownership".
These Mac-using businesses span the globe, from Canada to Iceland to Australia, as well as plenty of them right here in the United States. Whoops, there goes the inbox again. Encore Hollywood, a visual effects company that works on "Charmed" and other TV shows, just chimed in at business number seventy. I'm not going to change the title of the article this time. With such an overwhelming initial response, there's no reason to stop here. Let's keep this going. I'm calling on all Mac-using businesses, around the nation and around the world, to add their name to the list on the left side of this page, by sending email to billpalmer@mac.com.
Readers of billpalmer.net are encouraged to browse through the list and visit some of these businesses, not only to take in the scope of some of the Mac-using businesses that are out there, but perhaps to do business with some of them as well. Look at it this way: a business that uses Macs is undoubtedly saving money on support costs, and those savings are probably passed on to the customer. And, in terms of uptime, a Mac-based business has a better chance of being there for you when you need them.
Mac-using business number seventy-one just popped up from Mallorca, Spain. Keep 'em coming, guys and gals. If you know of a business that uses Macs, feel free to send them in the direction of this site. But more importantly, if any buffoon tries to tell you that "the business world uses PC's", especially if that buffoon is trying to discourage the use of Macs in schools, or trying to take the Mac off your desk at work, you've now got an ever-growing list of Mac-using businesses to throw in his or her face.
And if billpalmer.net isn't about throwing lists in the faces of buffoons, then I don't know what is. Alright, the metaphor escaped me there, but let's keep this list growing. Launch your submissions in the direction of billpalmer@mac.com. Let's add five hundred Mac-using businesses to the list by the end of this month.
Well, that was fast. You want to know how quickly Mac-using businesses are responding to the opportunity to help dispel the myth that the business world only uses PC's? I've had to change the title of this column twice before finishing the first paragraph, as new companies continue to pour into my inbox. I believe there are currently a total of sixty-nine names on the list, in the first eighteen hours of response time. Hey, maybe we're on to something here.
I was expecting the publishers, the artists, the creative types, the designers, the musicians, and so on. I was a bit taken aback by the number of Doctors, Dentists, Attorneys, Churches, Realtors, Travel Agencies, and Insurance Companies. The most unique entries came from a "homemade wine and beer" wholesaler, and a Tipi manufacturing company. Oh, and a company called "Jan Bardi PsychoStunts" -- I think the name says it all. It's no surprise that the publisher of MacNetJournal uses Macs, but it's worth mentioning for those who never made the connection. It's always good to hear from a Mac-celebrity like Patrick Gant, the star of one of the very first of Apple's "Switch" ads. And you've just got to see some of the postcards that are manufactured, using Macs exclusively, right here in South Florida.
Then there are the fun ones. The Inquirer recently unearthed the fact that both Intel and Dell apparently have at least a few Macs in-house. The United States Air Force uses Macs in its graphics departments "all over the world". By now I think we all know that a fourth of Luxology's employees use Macs, but what I never knew was just how many non-profit groups across the nation use Macs exclusively, because "we have no money and the Macs save us a bundle in cost of ownership".
These Mac-using businesses span the globe, from Canada to Iceland to Australia, as well as plenty of them right here in the United States. Whoops, there goes the inbox again. Encore Hollywood, a visual effects company that works on "Charmed" and other TV shows, just chimed in at business number seventy. I'm not going to change the title of the article this time. With such an overwhelming initial response, there's no reason to stop here. Let's keep this going. I'm calling on all Mac-using businesses, around the nation and around the world, to add their name to the list on the left side of this page, by sending email to billpalmer@mac.com.
Readers of billpalmer.net are encouraged to browse through the list and visit some of these businesses, not only to take in the scope of some of the Mac-using businesses that are out there, but perhaps to do business with some of them as well. Look at it this way: a business that uses Macs is undoubtedly saving money on support costs, and those savings are probably passed on to the customer. And, in terms of uptime, a Mac-based business has a better chance of being there for you when you need them.
Mac-using business number seventy-one just popped up from Mallorca, Spain. Keep 'em coming, guys and gals. If you know of a business that uses Macs, feel free to send them in the direction of this site. But more importantly, if any buffoon tries to tell you that "the business world uses PC's", especially if that buffoon is trying to discourage the use of Macs in schools, or trying to take the Mac off your desk at work, you've now got an ever-growing list of Mac-using businesses to throw in his or her face.
And if billpalmer.net isn't about throwing lists in the faces of buffoons, then I don't know what is. Alright, the metaphor escaped me there, but let's keep this list growing. Launch your submissions in the direction of billpalmer@mac.com. Let's add five hundred Mac-using businesses to the list by the end of this month.
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