5 reasons Mac is a must in the enterprise

Summary

Mac delivers measurable business value through lower long-term costs, higher employee satisfaction and reduced IT workload. Forrester and IBM data show that Mac improves ROI, cuts support needs and drives stronger performance across modern enterprises.

Professionals prefer Mac because it is intuitive, reliable and powerful, especially with Apple silicon. With the right management platform, large organizations streamline deployment, strengthen security and scale more efficiently than with PC fleets.

Key takeaways

• Mac lowers TCO and increases ROI across enterprise environments
• Employees are more productive, satisfied and likely to stay when using Mac
• Centralized Mac management reduces IT effort and improves operational efficiency

Why is Mac good for business?

Macs save businesses time, money and turnover. They increase employee productivity, satisfaction and loyalty. And with the right enterprise management system, they can be far simpler to manage.

1. Mac saves businesses money.

Apple devices are higher-priced to start, but cost far less down the line

There is no question that a MacBook costs more upfront than most PCs. So, it may come as a surprise to know that a recent Forrester study shows that using Mac instead of PC can save an organization $547 per device over the span of five years.

How does Mac achieve this over PC?

By harnessing the power of Apple silicon, the close integration between hardware and software achieves the following:

• Reliability and longevity
• Lower IT and security costs
• Employee satisfaction and productivity
• Peak energy efficiency

These key metrics equate to a 186% return on investment of Mac over PC realizes over a five-year lifecycle by:

• Lowering deployment costs
• Increasing employee empowerment and independence
• Reducing tech support help ticket requests

Managing a PC fleet triples IT costs

None other than IBM says it is three times more expensive to manage PC than Mac.

Not only is the total cost of ownership (TCO) lower for Mac than PC, but the return on investment (ROI) is higher. When the time comes to refresh, selling your used Macs can increase ROI as Mac tends to hold its value whereas PC does not.

2. Most professionals prefer MacBook over other laptops.

Employee choice and BYOD

When given the choice, IBM found that no less than 72% of employees choose Macs over PCs. And 74% of those who previously used a PC for work experienced fewer technical problems with their Mac than with their previous PC.

Retaining talent

In fact, Mac users at IBM are 17% less likely to leave the company: a stark example of the gap in levels of employee satisfaction and productivity between Mac and PC. And the Forrester study that spoke of increased savings with Mac also found that when enterprise moves to Mac, staff retention rates improve by 20%. That’s quite a boost!

There are many reasons for this: users report that Mac computers are more intuitive to use, cause them fewer technical problems and — especially with the M-series chips — which grow increasingly more powerful and efficiencient, making work faster and simpler.

3. Mac devices improve employee performance.

Continuing with their study on Mac at work, IBM found that 79% of participants agreed they could not do their jobs as effectively without access to a Mac. 97% believed that Macs improved their productivity and creativity.

It’s not just perception, either. IBM has found that 22% more macOS users exceeded expectations in their performance reviews compared to their Windows-using coworkers.

And with the right management and security, Macs allow for secure, encrypted connections and instant access to productivity apps— no matter where your employees work.

4. Mac keeps enterprise companies on the cutting edge.

Mac: lighter, faster, more capable.

There is simply no equal to the Apple silicon-powered MacBook Pro and MacBook Air devices for speed, storage, memory and efficiency in a portable device.

Looking ahead

Business leaders might imagine that the power and speed of MacBook is more than they’ll ever need if they don’t crunch large amounts of data or need video editing capabilities on the road.

But are you sure? What about the technology you’ll be needing in the future that you can’t even imagine yet? If you want to be ready to take on what comes next without a costly and time-consuming re-provisioning of devices, you’ll want a device that can handle what is still to come.

You’ll also need an endpoint management solution that both maintains performance and enforces compliance while allowing for greater scalability as use cases evolve and workflows adopt automation technologies, such as Apple’s proactive approach to modern device management frameworks: Declarative Device Management (DDM).

Find top-notch talent before your competitor does

Worried about a worker shortage? Apple devices have accessibility features no other laptops have, automatically empowering business to hire from a large and sometimes overlooked talent pool: people with disabilities.

Think it will cost a lot to offer voice-activated commands, screens that read text aloud or devices that work closely with an employee’s hearing aid?

Nope. With Apple, that all comes standard.

5. The right Mac management platform saves time.

At scale in a large enterprise company, the difference between Apple and Windows could not be more clear.

At IBM, seven engineers support 200,000 macOS devices using Jamf Pro. It takes 20 to support the same number of Windows computers.

They also discovered that switching to Mac created:

• A 90% reduction in time spent on ongoing device management
• A 90% reduction in time spent on device provisioning and deployment
• A reduction in support calls by half (IBM reports that PC users make twice the number of support calls as that of Mac users)
• Only 5% of Mac users who created tickets end up requiring an in-person visit (PC? 27% of tickets required IT visits)

FAQs

Is Mac’s TCO lower than PC in the enterprise?

Oh, heck yeah. Higher ROI (186%), lower TCO (savings of $547 per Mac over PC).

Do employees really prefer Mac for work?

Happier and more productive end-users and multiple, clear business advantages.

How does Mac affect IT workload?

Fewer techs needing less time to manage more Apple devices than PC.