Along the same lines as VK and my earlier post on my company's switchover to Mac: Five years ago my kids' private elementary school switched from Mac to PC at the behest of a board member whose law firm was all PC and couldn't understand why anyone would own a Mac. They got what they thought was a great deal on all-new PCs and servers. But while the number of "seats" (desktop computers plus laptops) increased from 60 to 80, the annual per-unit and total system maintenance costs more than tripled over the next two years. It was an operating cost increase so huge (and unplanned) that it is now the second largest line item in the school's budget after teachers' salaries and benefits. It was, in the recent words of the headmaster, one of the worst financial blunders in the 80-year history of the school. As an aside, they are once again steadily increasing the number of Macs they have.