[X4U] Trying to get a Mac Laptop approved - Part 1

[Ken Schneider]

The list bounces this back because of length so I split it into 2 parts.

I have copied the response from my company's IT Manager.  He has  
refused my request for my laptop replacement to be a Mac.  You'll see  
that many of his reasons are baseless but I'm not sure how to  
respond.  Any help would be appreciated.  I do need to use Outlook and  
some other Windoze specific applications but that should be fine with  
BootCamp or Parallels.  I remember there were some web sites that have  
info to help refute reasons like the ones I was given but I can't seem  
to locate any recent ones.

Thanks,

-= Ken =-
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Thanks for this but based upon what you've said unfortunately I cannot  
justify a Mac for the following the reasons:

- No significant business need to justify a change to existing company  
standardisation.

- Dell laptops and XP operating systems are already tried and tested  
with all XXXXX sales people.

- We have never run or tested a Mac running Windows XP so this would  
create added risk and company support costs. Dells are tried and  
tested throughout the organisation.

- Lack of ability to support you due to no universal Mac skills in IT.

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