By John Simpson, on January 29th, 2010%
The other day I had a chance to go out to the malls and a couple of stores in smaller shopping centers. It’s a blood bath out there! It’s funny how you hear statistics that this Holiday season wasn’t so bad with only a slight downward drop from last year. The press just doesn’t know what . . . → Read More: Retail and Regional Malls are Really Hurting Worse Than Ever
By John Simpson, on January 22nd, 2010%
I’d like to wrap up this series with the funny ironies I see between the Microsoft and Apple camps.
It’s ironic that big business doesn’t switch yet spends gobs of money on IT solving viruses and other problems that go away with Apple.
It’s ironic that Apple doesn’t make a more feature-competitive business suite to challenge Microsoft Office.
It’s . . . → Read More: A Business Perspective on Switching from Microsoft Windows to Apple – Part 7 of 7
By John Simpson, on January 18th, 2010%
Why Companies Don’t Switch to Apple As Much As They Should
The answer to this question is really very simple. It’s called “switching costs”. It’s exactly why Microsoft Windows and Office can’t be unseated from their lofty thrones. The cost of switching from Apple to PC is not the cost of the hardware and software… it’s the . . . → Read More: A Business Perspective on Switching from Microsoft Windows to Apple – Part 6 of 7