Soldato
Same sort of thing with my current local government employer. Various service directors are wanting MacBook Pro's now and get very stroppy when told they can't have them.
What's wrong with a MBP running Windows (well apart from the obvious! ) - Hell if I was a Director/SMT at my place there is no way in hell I'd want the standard kit (I.e. Dell Latitude Dx30) Oh and I wrote the hardware standardization list!