MacCafé is your business partner!

Since 1984, the MacCafé has aided businesses of all sizes in aquiring, installing, and integrating Macs.

We are a small, midsized business

The MacCafé is an independent business, run by entrepreneurs and small-business people just like you. We know the challenges of meeting a payroll, paying our taxes, and thriving in a competitive environment. We know what it takes to manage and grow a business and we know how to do it all on a Mac.

At the MacCafé, we run our own business on the Mac, using products like OSX Mail, LightSpeed, Microsoft Office, and Parallels. We have an advantage when it comes to helping you run yours.

We can also provide the highest quality professional installation, networking, and maintenance services for your business. From initial consultation to final set-up, from hardware configuration to software solutions, MacCafé can help. We know that building a good business is about creating relationships. So when it is time for you to make your next technology decision, call MacCafé and start a new relationship with someone you can trust.

We know enterprise

We can be your Mac IT team. If you're bringing Macs into your multi-platform environment, we can help. You may be in the market for one of Apple's Server or Storage solutions. Perhaps Xserve's lack of licensing fees or the multiple OS certifications have got your undivided attention. Who do you call to make sure everything works right with your existing technology? Call the MacCafé!

When many companies went to a single-platform strategy in the 1990's we stayed with Macs. We kept them running in multi-platform environments. We kept up-to-date with Apple's new technologies. We even got certified and now that Macs are again finding a home in Enterprise, we are there to integrate and support them in your environment, too.

About MacCafé & the Business

A brief history of the MacCafé

In 1980, the forerunner of the MacCafé, Abacus II, first opened it's doors. While the Macintosh did not exist at the time, Abacus II was authorized as an Apple Reseller. By the time of the Macintosh introduction in 1984, Abacus II was the leading reseller of Apple products in Northwest Ohio.

Over the next two decades, Abacus II opened, closed, and moved several retail locations and business-to-business sales offices in Ohio finally settling at the Sylvania building that housed all divisions. Over that time period, the company had become authorized to sell and service a wide spectrum of major brands in addition to Apple. The focus had also changed to small to medium businesses as the core customer.

Early in the new century, it became apparent that to best service the Mac community, we would have to create a separate business unit specializing in Apple products. In 2002, the new MacCafé began operation as an Apple Specialist. Our beginnings were humble, with only a one person sales staff and 600 square feet of retail storefront. Since then, we have grown in staff, space, and most significantly, with the addition of the service department.

In October 2007, we moved to our present location on Talmadge Road. With this move, we were able to create a better experience for our customers with a bigger showroom and a more spacious service area.

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"Fifteen years ago, enterprise technology was higher-quality than consumer technology. That's not true anymore. It used to be that you used enterprise technology because you wanted uptime, security and speed. None of those things are as good in enterprise software anymore [as they are in some consumer software].."

- Douglas Merrill, Google CIO March 18, 2008