Mac justification

Question

I need info/articles that justify using a Mac over a Lenovo (Chinese IBM PC).
OK. A little background.
I work for a government agency. I have been here approx. 8 years. I have gone from a Power Mac running OS 7 with HD with 2 500MB partitions to my current G5 with dual 2.3 GHZ, 2 GB SDRAM running OS 10.4.6. So, I know the score.
I run the usual apps ... Quark 6.5, Illus./Photoshop CS, MX 04 suite. None of these are Mac specific.
With my G5 I figure I am still 3 to 5 years away from a new desktop machine. However, it is the policy of the current administration that when we do upgrade that our group will also honor the Lenovo contract. My Mac may be pryed from my cold dead fingers.
But in the meantime, I know to come up with justification which IT guy (who assisted in purchasing my awesome G5) can give to his boss as justification why.
Why did we do it? Off the top of my head, I can say that with my Mac I use mostly PostScript Type 1 fonts which look/react better when going thru a RIP and to press. But what else?
IT boss asked,"Is there any proprietary software for a Mac not available to PC when dealing with publishing?" The answer of course is no. All the usual suspects I have, PC folks also have. And they work pretty much the same (from what I've been told.)
And of course, there is the ability to run AppleScripts in Adobe products. I don't usually do this but I could. The PC offers nothing comparable from the little Googling I have done.
So can anyone think of anything else? Much appreciated.
Bill
http://www.billnapierdesign.com

Answer 1

Start learning AppleScript. You don't necessarily have to write your own, as there are sources of existing scripts that could automate some of your tasks.
When the time comes, plan a presentation showing how you can use automation features in OS X that would not be available if they forced a Lenova on you. Make sure that it looks flashy.
I'm afraid that arguments such as reduced vulnerability to security issues, lower total cost of ownership, etc. may be regarded as threatening by the folk you have to argue with. Although I believe those arguments myself, they tend to raise doubts about the idiots that settled on the standardized contract.
That's entirely aside from the political hit that State is getting about a Lenova contract. Irony: Many Lenova computers will be built in the U.S., while Apple is having many of its computers built in China.