No, not the same thing. The corner coffee store can buy a Windows machine, create an admin and various user accounts and exercise a significant level of contro

No, not the same thing. The corner coffee store can buy a Windows machine, create an admin and various user accounts and exercise a significant level of control over what your users can do. No server, no MDM program purchase, no lots of things. The same is true for OSX. I can't take a single iPad and have a decent degree of control over it.