In my testing, pages just sometimes wouldn't load or render properly. And if you use Web-based office productivity tools like Google ( GOOG, Fortune 500) Apps, Basecamp or Zoho, expect trouble. I found connectivity to non-Apple mobile devices like RIM ( RIMM)'s Blackberry or a smartphone to be particularly treacherous. Also, major compatibility issues still lurk. You basically never stop fiddling with the control, option and command keys. In several months of side-by-side testing of iMacs and PCs, I found that gains in speed can be offset by user confusion in mastering Mac's approach to the Web.

Integration of the Intel ( INTC, Fortune 500) processing chips and other bits of electronics, the popularity of the iPhone and the iPod, and the emergence of virtual desktop environments such as VMware ( VMW) means the Berlin Wall between all things Mac and all things PC is nowhere near as treacherous as it was just a few years ago.īut turning the newly plays-nice-with-others Mac into a real ROI generator in your shop is no slam dunk, if you're accustomed to working with Windows machines. Macs, used as they are intended in their full 64-bit glory, are blazingly fast. The Apple ( AAPL, Fortune 500) line of personal computers and peripherals offers the small enterprise a tantalizing - if frustrating - set of risks and rewards.

(Fortune Small Business) - How's this for the ultimate digital-age, small-business irony: Want the best possible environment for Microsoft ( MSFT, Fortune 500) Office? Try running it on a Mac.

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