Businesses: Keep using Windows. I need the money!

I just finished with a visit to one of my clients. We were investigating why several users could not use a specific invoicing site. The first thing I did was connect my MBP to their wireless network and try the site in question. Bing! Everything worked great. That eliminated the possibility of there being a systemic network/firewall problem preventing the site from functioning properly. Next I went to the user who submitted the problem. When I sat down at his desk and tried to get to the same site that just worked fine on my Mac I was deluged with popups, redirects and more ads than I could sift through. Holy crap! I wondered how this guy gets anything done on this machine. He had TrendMicro installed as his security suite so I decided to run a quick scan of his C drive. Within 5 minutes with only 10% of the drive scanned, TrendMicro found 18 threats. I immediately went to the next room and shut down my Mac. This network was completely compromised.

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Once More Unto the Breach...

If ever I took you for granted Mac, I am truly sorry. Recent events give me pause to appreciate your elegant simplicity and ease of use. Once more I've been thrust into the abyss that is corporate IT and its dreadful trident, Microsoft Windows. Am I so shallow as to fall to the temptation of a large payday? Will I commit to soiling my hands with the muck and mire of the "technology" spewing from Redmond just to buy a new BMW? Alas, once more unto the breach, my friend.

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