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Apple makes better, prettier, more integrated, etc. laptops. Welcome to 2003.

• ZeroGravitas 16y ago
  I was there in 2003 and Exchange, Chrome, iWork etc. mentioned in the post either didn't exist or didn't work. Didn't bother me, but there's a whole tranche of people that it did. Personally I've moved on to a tiny Samsung netbook with Ubuntu (a market Apple skipped mostly because it's low margin) and much prefer it.
  • illumin8 16y ago
    This - it seems like Apple's work on iOS has paid off with perfect integration with Exchange server. This is a welcome thing that OS/X didn't even have before Snow Leopard.
    • mike-cardwell 16y ago
      Snow Leopards integration with Exchange is very basic. There is no delegation support, and no ability to access secondary mailboxes which you have permissions on. Hopefully the new Outlook application for Mac which will replace Entourage in the next version of Office will fix these problems later this year.
      • illumin8 16y ago
        I've found similar frustrations with the iPad - it works great for basic email and quick replies, but some of the advanced features like message flagging (I use "flag for follow up" all the time to mark messages I need to work on later) are lacking.
  • mbateman 16y ago
    Fair enough. Exchange in particular seems to be a big deal. So maybe this is a nice example of the "halo" effect: people see exchange working on their newfangled iOS devices and realize it will work on Macs, with the added bonus that it's easier to sync those newfangled devices to Macs. This effect also seems to be working on Apple, not just it's customers: selling mobile devices seems to be making Apple more enterprise friendly, so that they work more seriously on things like Exchange support.