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Really feels to me like microsoft is just in such a better position to capitalize on the enterprise use case stuff. They already have relationships with every l

Really feels to me like microsoft is just in such a better position to capitalize on the enterprise use case stuff. They already have relationships with every large org and could conceivably include a headset as part of some office+ subscription. Apple has next to no enterprise business, but they're going to convince businesses to buy headsets for employees? Not buying it.

f6v 4y ago
> Apple has next to no enterprise business Some orgs I worked at had Mac as a standard machine. Not that Apple is in “enterprise business”, but they can sell hardware to some enterprises.
Aaronstotle 4y ago
Anecdotally, every company I've worked for has been 100% macOS exclusive. And practically every SWE I know is given a MacBook for work, so they definitely have some enterprise business.
marvin_3050 4y ago
Say we had a 1 dollar, 1 gram, 1000 DPI VR headset. How would that improve margins of businesses?
threeseed 4y ago
You seem to have a very old-school way of viewing the enterprise. With the cloud, SaaS, remote working etc. the days of central IT/Procurement departments dictating the technology mix across the organisation is long gone. Now employees are often bringing in new technologies and IT/Security are forced to scramble and figure out how to manage them. It's exactly what happened with the iPhone/iPad and now increasingly Macs as well.
- HDThoreaun 4y ago
  > the days of central IT/Procurement departments dictating the technology mix across the organisation is long gone. No, they're really not. Maybe at some startups, but large organizations have too much to lose by allowing random software to be installed instead of a single suite like microsoft provides. As new programs appear microsoft will continue to copy or buy them and absorb them into office, and will continue to get more and more dominant in the enterprise productivity game.
  - threeseed 4y ago
    I work in the enterprise now and have done for 20+ years. Most software these days has moved to Cloud or SaaS including Microsoft with Office 365. And so whether you are running Mac, Windows or iPad simply isn't as important to IT/Security teams.

f6v 4y ago

> Apple has next to no enterprise business Some orgs I worked at had Mac as a standard machine. Not that Apple is in “enterprise business”, but they can sell hardware to some enterprises.

Aaronstotle 4y ago

Anecdotally, every company I've worked for has been 100% macOS exclusive. And practically every SWE I know is given a MacBook for work, so they definitely have some enterprise business.

marvin_3050 4y ago

Say we had a 1 dollar, 1 gram, 1000 DPI VR headset. How would that improve margins of businesses?

threeseed 4y ago

You seem to have a very old-school way of viewing the enterprise. With the cloud, SaaS, remote working etc. the days of central IT/Procurement departments dictating the technology mix across the organisation is long gone. Now employees are often bringing in new technologies and IT/Security are forced to scramble and figure out how to manage them. It's exactly what happened with the iPhone/iPad and now increasingly Macs as well.

HDThoreaun 4y ago
> the days of central IT/Procurement departments dictating the technology mix across the organisation is long gone. No, they're really not. Maybe at some startups, but large organizations have too much to lose by allowing random software to be installed instead of a single suite like microsoft provides. As new programs appear microsoft will continue to copy or buy them and absorb them into office, and will continue to get more and more dominant in the enterprise productivity game.
- threeseed 4y ago
  I work in the enterprise now and have done for 20+ years. Most software these days has moved to Cloud or SaaS including Microsoft with Office 365. And so whether you are running Mac, Windows or iPad simply isn't as important to IT/Security teams.