The Tame Apple Press appears to have seen what it wants to see in a report which apparently claims that PCs crash more than three times as often as Macs.
According to TechSpot, the figures come from Omnissa’s 2026 State of Digital Workspace report, which bangs on about AI adoption and the increasingly chaotic mix of enterprise devices.
The report says that Windows PCs crash three times more often than Macs, lag on patching and encryption in some sectors and get replaced sooner, and the Tame Apple Press is lapping it up.
Omnissa gathered telemetry from clients across retail, healthcare, finance, education, and government throughout 2025, then served up findings that just happen to align with what it sells.
For those not in the know, Omnissa makes its cash from managing inconsistent patching and fragmented device estates, so the report reads like a brochure with charts.
What the report does not do with any enthusiasm is separate bad IT management, cheap hardware and legacy software sprawl from the operating systems it is trying to rank.
The report says Windows devices were forced to shut down 3.1 times more often than Macs, with Windows apps freezing 7.5 times more frequently and needing more restarts.
Those numbers sound spicy, but they are dropped in without proper context on workload, device class, age profile, driver stacks or the reality that Windows gets stuck running every crusty enterprise app ever written.
Since macOS lives in a tighter, vendor-controlled garden, where Job’s Mob decides the hardware menu, the update cadence and which bits get to play nicely together.
That is certainly not a clean comparison, unless you think comparing apples with oranges is a serious scientific method.
Security claims get the same treatment, with more than half of Windows and Android devices in healthcare and pharma reportedly five major OS versions behind.
More than half of devices in education were unencrypted, which is framed like a platform failure rather than the usual mix of budget cuts, old kit and IT teams fighting fires all day.
If a hospital cannot patch, it is often because something critical will break, not because it is running Windows.
The report claims Macs last longer, with a five-year replacement cycle compared with three years for Windows PCs.
It could just as easily be procurement habits with organisations buying bargain Windows boxes, then cycling them out, while those paying Job’s Mob prices cling on like grim death.
Thermals are wheeled out for the victory lap, with Apple’s M-series averaging 40.1°C versus 65.2°C for Intel processors.
That is true in the same way that a scooter is cooler than a truck, and it ignores workload, chassis design, fan curves and the little detail that Chipzilla parts are not built for the same power envelope.
Despite the recent push for digital sovereignty in places like Germany, Windows use on government devices reportedly doubled last year, which is awkward for the Tame Apple Press.
It suggests real-world buyers are still led by compatibility, cost and infrastructure, not by glossy telemetry slides and a narrative that flatters the most expensive option.
Omnissa’s data may not be entirely wrong, but it is arranged to make one ecosystem look serene, and the other look like a bin fire, and too many Apple-friendly outlets are regurgitating it like gospel.
