Mac-savvy Obama staffers frustrated with legacy White House

There's a reason that PC/MS outsells Mac 93 to 7... Macs are fun little machines with just enuf programs to make them seem competitive, but in reality there is many more times the power and diversity in a PC than there is in a Mac. A PC is a Corvette compared to a Mac, which is like a Mini Cooper. Both get a job done, but when you go to a party, why would you wear a swimsuit when you could wear a Tux?

"Part of the reason for the White House's legacy systems is related to the need to retain all computer records for the National Archives, and protect all kinds of communication (from emails to IMs to tweets) on the network for national security reasons. This task isn't impossible with a Mac". //// Right up the democrate alley. that's why they want Macs. They used them in campaign finance and could not tell anyone where all the money came from.Transparency my a--.

P.C's. Get over it. Your guy lost

Let the messiah fix it.After all he won and he knows all!!!!!!!!!!

If they get vista on their systems, we're all screwed

I feel if it is more user friendly for the staff than get them what they want.I would accomodate my office staff with the latest equipment to stay one step ahead.
Why does everyone have to find something to complain about,lets go forward whatever it takes if we dwell on little issues like this it will make it harder to accomplish the important issues. COME ON LETS GO.

Yawn. Macs crash just like pc's. The software is proprietary and is only made by a few companies. In fact Mac had to bow down to the MS gods and do what Billy boy asked or he wasn't going to design office to run on their platform. The cost would be huge. I'm sure your mac came loaded with a few things but rarely does it have the power an fuctions of productivity software like MS Office 2007 pro. Get real.
I'm so sick of people talking up these magical macs. Turn it on and it connects to anything. I didn't do anything and I was logged into the Central Banking System adding money to my account. Then I clicked another button and made the Space Shuttle circle my house.
PC's , Servers, client software, hardware, server licenses, manpower etc... can add up fast. Then it all has to go through some serious security and regression testing which I am sure costs a bundle. Setting up 30 people with mac's could easily eclipse 500k in no time.
And Obunbler didn't win the election with his team. Hollywood, All liberal candidates, and outright falsehoods about George Bush did. But people like you don't want the truth.

Owen will never be a leader with that kind of thinking.

Well as much as high-tech US is with their weapons and technology, it is hilarious that they are using Office 03, no Macs when the whole world know and start using Mac (compared to before intel transaction), the president gets an outdated phone AKA ancient phone. LOL!!! I feel sad for Obama now.

Let's move into the 21st century with technology. I had been an advocate for Microsoft for a long time. I own a PC with Vista-bad mistake. I bought a Mac laptop and couldn't be happier unless I could get rid of my PC desktop and replace it with a Mac desktop. Oh, I wish I had listened to my son's advice to "buy Mac"...my concern was that I'd have to buy all new software...not so. The government (we)should be able to afford the software needed to make the Macs run Windows if one had to read Windows-based documents. Apple is smart enough to provide a way to do that with Boot Camp and a copy of whatever Microsoft OS you need.
We must become the most efficient and effective government on the face of the planet and up-to-date technology is a great asset to meet our challenges. President Obama has proven through his well organized campaign that used technology to its fullest, that good high tech yields good results.
I'm not a techie so I don't know all of the details, but Apple does have a "better idea and a better product" than Microsoft. As a taxpayer, I'd rather spend tax money on upgrading the government's IT system than a lot of other seemingly unnecessary expenditures.