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Jamf Blog
Company blog · jamf.com/blogsecurityhardware
Jamf Blog is the company blog at jamf.com, writing about security and hardware. Since 2016, 48 different Hacker News readers have linked it 52 times, most often “Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are $535 less expensive than PCs”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (29) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link the Jamf blog and product pages mostly for Apple device management, and for a blog post citing IBM's analysis that Macs have lower total cost of ownership than PCs.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 29 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
We help organizations succeed with Apple providing ability to manage Apple devices, connect users to resources and protect your business from cyber threats.
Most-linked posts?
- Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are $535 less expensive than PCs5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2016-10-21
- Total cost of ownership: Mac versus PC in the enterprise4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-11-19
- /products/jamf-now/3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-03-21
- IBMs 200K Macs have made the workforce happier and more productive3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-11-13
- /products/jamf-pro/deployment/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-09-06
- /products/jamf-protect/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-05-07
- macOS: Zero-Day TCC bypass discovered in XCSSET malware2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-05-25
- How Predator iPhone Spyware Can Defeat iOS Orange and Green Recording Indicators2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-02-20
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-05-16
- /products/jamf-pro/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-11-07
What Hacker News says?
I can. https://www.jamf.com/products/jamf-connect/ https://www.jamf.com/products/jamf-protect/
Comment linking /products/jamf-protect/
on “Zoom Acquires Keybase”Submitted IBMs 200K Macs have made the workforce happier and more productive as a story · 48 points
HN discussionGoogle around - 'iphone mobile device management'. There's a service that's free for a couple devices[1]. Apple also makes a (terrible) app called Configurator. There are a bunch of others, but most of them are designed for (and priced for) corporate use. You need to learn a little about what you're doing if you want to go this route, and there is some setup. But basically, you're taking on the role of a corporate I…
Comment linking /products/jamf-now/
on “Blocklist Facebook domains”Submitted Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are $535 less expensive than PCs as a story · 9 points
HN discussion2x-5x the price is not a like-for-like comparison then. TCO is lower for Macs in the enterprise over the lifespan of the device. https://www.jamf.com/blog/debate-over-ibm-confirms-that-macs...
Comment linking /blog/debate-over-ibm-confirms-that-macs-are-535-less-expensive-than-pcs/
on “Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS”Submitted Analyzing an iOS vulnerability that could expose sensitive data to attackers as a story · 8 points
HN discussionWelcome my son, to the machine: https://www.jamf.com/solutions/compliance/
Comment linking /solutions/compliance/
on “The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed”Submitted Total cost of ownership: Mac versus PC in the enterprise as a story · 8 points
HN discussionI guess as always it will mostly depend on your use case. However this recent announcement from IBM might emphasis the need to reconsider theses year old arguments to take accounts of new facts : https://www.jamf.com/blog/debate-over-ibm-confirms-that-macs...
Comment linking /blog/debate-over-ibm-confirms-that-macs-are-535-less-expensive-than-pcs/
on “Visual Studio for Mac”Submitted Threat Actors Expand Abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Code as a story · 3 points
HN discussionbut is a pretty good guideline :) If Windows got ransomed every time and MacOS is never, that is interesting, right? Windows holds perceived monopoly on company-wide identity control. There are Mac solutions: https://www.jamf.com/products/jamf-pro/deployment/
Comment linking /products/jamf-pro/deployment/
on “US city rejects $5.3M ransom demand and restores encrypted files from backup”Submitted MacSync Stealer Evolves: From ClickFix to Code-Signed Swift Malware as a story · 3 points
HN discussionJamf Now is free for 3 devices. I've been using it with my family for several years. https://www.jamf.com/products/jamf-now/
Comment linking /products/jamf-now/
on “Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn't Get the Basics Right”Submitted macOS: Zero-Day TCC bypass discovered in XCSSET malware as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI've been casually keeping an eye out for a 15" mid-2015 MBP and someone had mentioned in their ad that Apple still made them, and sure enough. If you're looking at 15", B&H has slightly cheaper offerings and they won't charge you tax. Unfortunately I haven't seen anyone retailing the 13" 2015 MBP. If you're in the Bay Area, there's a fully loaded (3.1GHz i7 / 16GB / 1TB) 13" early-2015 covered by AppleCare until 20…
Comment linking /jamf-nation/discussions/24774/dep-nagging
on “New ThinkPad Guts Bring Intel Core I, DDR4, USB 3 to Cult Laptops”Submitted Apt Actors Embed Malware Within macOS Flutter Apps as a story · 2 points
HN discussionNope, you can install additional certificate authorities in the system keychain on Mac, which Safari and Chrome both use. Commonly done on managed installs. https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/11830/deploying... Other applications on mac/linux that use their own keystore like OpenSSL or Java will throw cert errors if you don't also install the CA in their keystores, but that could be scripted as well if it…
Comment linking /jamf-nation/discussions/11830/deploying-certificates
on “Did the Intercept bungle the NSA leak?”Submitted Apple iOS Fake Lockdown Mode PoC (2023) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionEverywhere I've worked that deployed Macs in any large capacity also used this management suite from Jamf. https://www.jamf.com/products/jamf-pro/
Comment linking /products/jamf-pro/
on “Whatever happened to Japanese laptops?”Submitted Jamf Threat Labs discovers new malware embedded in pirated macOS applications as a story · 2 points
HN discussionTypically they will use Caspar, now called Jamf Pro. https://www.jamf.com/products/jamf-pro/
Comment linking /products/jamf-pro/
on “macOS Big Sur Update Bricking Some Older MacBook Pro Models”Submitted macOS Malware from BlueNoroff as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI believe Chrome itself do invoke Keystone when visiting chrome://chrome to manually check for updates, as it looks like from a forum post[1] (Chrome unable to check for updates after chmod 000'ing GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent) [1]: https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/14162/google-ch...
Comment linking /jamf-nation/discussions/14162/google-chrome-auto-update
on “Apple, Firefox tools aim to thwart Facebook, Google tracking”Submitted Total Economic Impact of M1 Mac in the Enterprise as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWe get updates through a corporate AppStore and they function like normal Apple updates. I can choose when to install, etc. I found the software underneath ( https://www.jamf.com/solutions/technologies/mac-management/ ). Sounds like a better UX than what you got stuck with. The spyware on my personal phone so that I can read corporate email is pretty asinine though.
Comment linking /solutions/technologies/mac-management/
on “The Untouchables – Apple’s new OS “activation” for Touch Bar MacBook Pros”Submitted Total cost of ownership: Mac versus PC in the enterprise as a story · 2 points
HN discussionA few years ago IBM reported lower TCO [1]. I also have plenty of anecdotes from family & friends keeping entry-level Macs for 5+ years, while those who cheap out and buy PCs barely get 2 years out of them. [1] https://www.jamf.com/blog/debate-over-ibm-confirms-that-macs...
Comment linking /blog/debate-over-ibm-confirms-that-macs-are-535-less-expensive-than-pcs/
on “The 13-Inch MacBook Air”Submitted PamStealer: Rust-based macOS infostealer that validates credentials through PAM as a story · 1 points
HN discussionMaya, 3DS, Premiere, etc., and running these on Windows is a quarter of the cost, or less, of running the same software on Mac. I'd love to see a study on this; the total cost of ownership has always been far less for the Mac than Windows, especially when you factor in the amount of support Windows requires compared to the Mac. Casual googling confirms this: https://www.jamf.com/blog/total-cost-of-ownership-mac-vers…
Comment linking /blog/total-cost-of-ownership-mac-versus-pc-in-the-enterprise/
on “Apple Silicon M1 Disruption”Submitted Predator Spyware's iOS Kernel Exploitation Engine: Pac Bypass, Neon R/W and More as a story · 1 points
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