{"id":587312,"date":"2022-05-17T14:40:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T12:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=587312"},"modified":"2022-05-17T14:40:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T12:40:45","slug":"businesses-are-moving-to-mac-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/587312\/businesses-are-moving-to-mac-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Businesses are moving to Mac \u2013 Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses have increased their focus on cost savings, productivity, and access to information on demand \u2013 especially over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>This has resulted in a strong trend of businesses switching their entire workforce to the Apple MacBook ecosystem.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istore.co.za\/business?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=May+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to learn more about iStore Business\u2019s MacBook solutions.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In fact, 84% of the world\u2019s most innovative companies run on Mac, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.totaleconomicimpact.com\/go\/apple\/TEI\/docs\/TEI-of-Mac-in-Enterprise.pdf?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=May+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>study by Forrester<\/strong><\/a> titled \u201cThe Total Economic Impact Of Mac In Enterprise: M1 Update\u201d shows why.<\/p>\n<p>The Forrester study evaluated the potential financial impacts and benefits of deploying Macs within businesses, and found that businesses which switched to MacBooks achieved 336% ROI and saved an average of $843 per device over a three-year lifecycle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe M1 Macs are just better in every conceivable way,\u201d explained an IT director in the retail industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are getting a much better laptop with much more power and much longer battery life at a lower price point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report also showed that decision-makers believe MacBooks are more compatible with their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my perspective, Mac is easier to deploy, it\u2019s easier to maintain applications, and it\u2019s easier to keep up the security,\u201d said an end-user computing decision-maker in the healthcare industry.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Forrester\u2019s research found that when given the choice, 75% of employees choose Mac \u2013 making a MacBook-equipped office an attractive proposition for the highly-skilled employees businesses are looking to hire.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thought-Leadership-article-in-article-image-iStore-May-2022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-587316 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thought-Leadership-article-in-article-image-iStore-May-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thought-Leadership-article-in-article-image-iStore-May-2022.jpg 640w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thought-Leadership-article-in-article-image-iStore-May-2022-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>iStore Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>iStore Business is the leading local provider of Apple MacBooks to South African businesses.<\/p>\n<p>It has seen a big rise in demand for MacBooks from local organizations, which it believes is linked to businesses realising that MacBooks aren\u2019t just niche devices made for creatives and executives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouth African businesses are realising that MacBooks provide incredible compatibility with all their existing business tools and systems, while offering premium hardware at a vastly superior return on investment than the other options on the market,\u201d said Robert Kroger, Apple Business Manager at iStore Business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you take into account factors like superior performance, brilliant compatibility, and reduced support and operational costs, there is no laptop on the market that provides a lower total cost of ownership than an Apple MacBook\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>iStore Business will be running a series of articles in the coming weeks that show why MacBooks are the best business laptops on the market.<\/p>\n<p>These articles will highlight features such as their impressive compatibility with important business systems, and their unrivalled affordability.<\/p>\n<p>Stay on MyBroadband for these articles, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.istore.co.za\/business?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=May+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>click here to learn more about iStore Business\u2019s MacBook solutions.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses have increased their focus on digital transformation, cost savings, productivity, and access to information on demand \u2013 and this has resulted in many of them turning to Apple 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