Why Apple Macs are best for business

Not too long ago, ad agencies, design firms and other creative companies were about the only businesses that widely deployed Macintosh computers to their employees. But for a number of reasons, word of the benefits of Apple hardware -- and software -- on enterprise desktops is now spreading. That list of reasons includes:

-- Years of spyware, malware and virus headaches that affect Windows XP have pushed IT managers to scramble for new options they might not have considered in the past.
-- The learning curve and disparity of Linux distributions is too high for easy general office use.
-- Many corporate applications have been ported to W3-compliant Web services that are OS agnostic.
-- The Mac platform has moved to Windows-compatible Intel chips, which are less expensive, more powerful than older PowerPC processors and make virtualization a viable alternative.