Finally, somebody gets it. Sure, Wintel boxes are cheaper up front, but with that premium you pay for a Mac, you get a reduced chance of something completely f*cking up.University officials said the decision to go with Apple computers over Windows, Microsoft's seemingly omnipresent platform, boiled down to a matter of maintenance.
Mac OS X, they concluded, is easier for staff to maintain because it is based on Unix, a public-domain operating system that they are familiar with.