Total Cost of Ownership, Productivity and Return on Investment

An international survey of Macintosh and Windows platforms
in professional publishing

200 pages
111 charts, tables and figures

Who Should Read this Report?

This report provides strategic data and analysis for IT decision makers who need to gain in-depth understanding of differences between Macintosh and Windows computing platforms in terms of total cost of ownership, efficiency/productivity, and return on investment.

• Senior IT executives
• Corporate IT decision makers
• Technology managers in publishing and media groups

Key Information contained in this Report

• Research data: purchase, administration and security costs for both platforms
• Key data on the attitude of IT decision makers to operating systems.
• Complete results of productivity benchmarks and user interface efficiency measures
• Cost analysis and TCO data based on reported purchase costs, lifespan of computers, staffing and adminsitration data
• ROI projections based on market-specific productivity measures
• Analysis and Recommendations

About this Report

This 200-page report is based on extensive international market research covering companies from the United States and 5 European countries, as well as extensive productivity and efficiency measures.

Specifically conceived to provide corporate IT decision makers with data-driven analysis and recommendations, this book-length research study provides a unique resource in the complex process of choosing the right computing platform.

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International Market Research:
Created with extensive involvement from major publishers and media groups in Europe and the United States, "Macintosh/Windows: Cost and Productivity Analysis" provides real-world total cost of ownership information on Windows and Macintosh platforms, covering purchase costs, cost of deployment and administration, as well as security-related costs.

In-depth Productivity and Efficiency Measures
In addition to extensive market research and international data collection, extensive productivity benchmarks developed specifically for this research project provide detailed data on the productivity and user interface efficiency of the two platforms, both for common user interface operations and for publishing specific tasks and workflow situations.

Return on investment (ROI)
Return on investment analysis provides information on the impact of productivity differences betweeb two platforms on ROI

Delivery Options - Research Report

Single copy

Single-copy purchase will provide you with a download link for immediate delivery. Single copies are for use by one person in a company.

Site license

For companies wishing to give several workgroups simultaneous and unlimited access to the research report, Pfeiffer Consulting offers an aggressively priced site license, which includes several printed copies for fast consultation, as well as print-enabled PDF files of the report which can be shared over the corporate network or made available for an entire organization on a corporate intranet. Contact us for pricing