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>Things with just 1 vendor tend to be completely ignored, if they're meant to be used throughout the company. I disagree. I work in such a company and they are
by iSnow 6y ago
>Things with just 1 vendor tend to be completely ignored, if they're meant to be used throughout the company.
I disagree. I work in such a company and they are always looking for one and only one vendor for their millions of PCs. It used to be Dell, now HP but they completely outsource procurement, maintenance, repairs and disposal of the computers to that one full-service provider.
Apple wouldn't be considered because they don't offer this full-spectrum service.
- doikor 6y agoI think what he means with "needs more than 1 vendor" is that there exist a competitor to Dell (or now HP) that provides roughly the same service they can switch to if they are not happy with their services. With Apple the only supplier is Apple. There is no other supplier you can switch to if the relationship with Apple gets to the point that you can not work with them anymore. This ignores the operating system from the equation. Basically there is no effective replacement for Windows or macOS (or Linux). Whichever platform you pick you are stuck with due to legacy/having to retrain hundreds (if not thousands) of workers if you want to switch.