I was really hoping that this thread would go away.
First off a course in excell is a course in excell. They are identical on both platforms. There is no difference in anything. If you have used Macs as long as you claim that you have you would know that.
And if there were some differences in a cross platform app it'd be akin to the ignition key being on the left of the steering column not the right. Tell me you'd need drivers ed again to figure out that difference.
I'd offer that you don't need a university course to use a Mac because they are so simple to use you can teach yourself.
Got this straight from the VP of IS at an international corporation with thousands of employees. "I buy IBM because no one gets fired for buying IBM. If I buy something else and it breaks all I get is s__t from the CFO. No one complains when the IBM stuff breaks, in fact they give me a bigger budget for the extra consultants that I need to fix it."
Sebring had an issue with some previous sources that I posted re: the cost issue, he thought they were biased.
So I'll offer this one and then invite you to do your own research.
PBS, that's gotta be fairly unbiased right?
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030814.html
So why did Windows prevail. People are inherently cheap and will look for the best deal. IBM screwed up back when it was just them and Apple and opened the door to the PC being cloned creating massive competition driving down prices and quality.
Back in the day Big Blue was the Sh_t, everyone that worked in an office had used their products which equated to massive mindshare/consumer awareness.
And since most people were buying their first PC no one knew any different and they bought into the premise that they could have an IBM quality product at a reduced cost.
Actually very similar to VHS/Beta. The public embrassed the cheaper product and settled for less quality.