> 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. Actually I'd say he provided you with very good reasons to refuse your request. My question is why you think you need a Mac laptop for work? What is your justification? What is the business need? Zane