Help! IT want to make us use PCs!
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Here are some:
If you're on current hardware and software, the cost outlay doesn't justify the change... a new printer that everyone could use would likely be cheaper than switching to PCs.
Office 2008 for Mac pretty much removed all functional differences between interfaces on a company IT level. I mean, what do you need to do? Connect to an exchange server (unless you're running sendmail or something), use the office suite to write up briefs etc, Macs can connect to any Windows shares via Samba, printer compatibility should be good with Leopard, and if not, the support section of the manufacturer's website should tell this 'tech' how to connect your Macs to the bloody printer anyway. VPNs work just as well, they're stable, less prone to infection, don't require additional licensing for anti-virus, have better backup than standard NTBackup, work with Active Directory, etc etc etc.
Apple have done a great job of making their gear more compatible with Microsoft's protocols, without sacrificing the main reason why people Macs.... performance, interface design.
Oh, and they're the best looking machine on the market.