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- b3astie, on 07/04/2008, -8/+63Pssssh, computers are just a fad anyways.
- Tribis, on 07/04/2008, -11/+59Linux is still at less than 1% but continues to rise, which is very good. Remember people its never about having a clear winner or loser, it is about having competition on the market.
- whyknot2k, on 07/04/2008, -8/+38not sure what you are talking about. I use microsoft and my computer works just fi
- whyknot2k, on 07/04/2008, -14/+42WOW! Watch out Microsoft, only 92% to go!!
- kinseyincanada, on 07/04/2008, -1/+28This is great the more competition for Microsoft will make them try harder to improve, and Mac OS X will try and get better to gain more market share, this is good news for everyone, also kudos to Linux for its increase as well .
- superior1, on 07/04/2008, -28/+52Wow, PC's are only 90% of the market? What is Microsoft doing wrong? I guess it's time to invest in a Mac...
/s - max1018, on 07/04/2008, -0/+22As a Mac user myself, I say that if you are happy with what you have, then you probably don't really need to change at all. Of course, it's always good to play around with other computers and OS's to get different experiences.
- inactive, on 07/04/2008, -6/+28I have both a PC and a MacBook. At the end of the day, the MacBook is prettier, but there are problems on both systems. sometimes my PC freezes up, for apparently no reason. And on the other hand, sometimes my dock disappears from my MacBook and I have to reboot to get it back. No system is perfect. I don't have any less 'downtime' with my windows machine than I do with my Mac. I think its just preference.
- Beastmasta, on 07/04/2008, -3/+22It will never get that high because it is specific to their computers only, but i love competition, get the folks at Microsoft working!
- sarchosis, on 07/04/2008, -7/+22Yes, because market share is directly related to quality and your decision should be influenced by what everyone else is using.
- tralfaz2001, on 07/04/2008, -0/+15
"lol, even if osx had 90% share, I'd still not use that garbage."
-- RedneckFrmSouth
If ever there was a clearer case of comment matching nickname, I have not seen it. - spoogieking012, on 07/04/2008, -3/+17you don't have to restart your mac if your dock stops working. just enter the command
killall Dock
in the terminal and it should be fine - waydee, on 07/04/2008, -1/+15Why would you need to replace your computer every other year?
- EtherGnat, on 07/04/2008, -8/+22Are you serious? I just bought new XPS 1530 laptops for $880 with the same processor, video card, integrated camera/mic, bluetooth, Expresscard slot, slot load DVD/RW, firewire, media remote, and a similar form factor to the $2,000 MacBook Pro. I didn't opt for the LED backlight option, wireless N, or higher res screen because I didn't want them (they would have cost $250), but I did get more RAM, more HD space, a fingerprint reader, card reader, built in wi-fi detecter, modem, and dedicated media buttons compared to the base MacBook Pro.
Before that I purchased some Dell quad core Q6600 PCs with 3GB RAM, 500GB HD, dual optical drives (CDRW/DVD + DVD/RW), and Nvidia 8800GT video cards for $660. God only knows what it would cost to get something equivalent or better from Apple.
Macs are great. Mac Minis sits alongside my PCs at home and work (soon to be replaced with a MacBook). They are, however, significantly more expensive--especially for those of us who know how to shop for deals. - hungryduck, on 07/04/2008, -2/+15That was actually kind of clev
- skingers, on 07/04/2008, -2/+15You are right of course - 90% is a marketshare to envy!
That's not the problem for MS - the problem is this bit:
" Windows has declined over the last 10 months. In June, Windows accounted for 90.89% of the market, down from 93.06%."
Anyone who doesn't think Microsoft cares about a trend like that is delusional. - Primeius, on 07/04/2008, -4/+16You really haven't used a Mac at all have you?
- IllBeBack, on 07/04/2008, -7/+19I have to admit, the constant bombardment of Apple Is Good material in the media and the Mac vs. PC commercials, which are hilarious, have made me want to try it. Maybe get a MacBook Pro. We have a couple iPod Nanos and those work fantastically well, so I don't see why I shouldn't try a Mac out.
The only problem is that Windows works just fine for me and has all the software that I need or think I need. - mrsteveman1, on 07/04/2008, -2/+13Yea, you can buy cheaper machines most of the time, and some of them are nice, HP makes some nice high end laptops for sure.
But, the fact remains the only good way to run OS X, which is a large part of the reason people want Macs in the first place, is to buy a mac. Hackintosh is not an answer, stuff breaks or doesn't work well, and updates are always a risk. - inactive, on 07/04/2008, -6/+16Cool. Maybe in 20 more years it will reach 16%!
- jszaszvari, on 07/04/2008, -3/+12Windows, Freedom?
That made my week. Thanks.
I use Macs at work and a PC at home and a Mac laptop. I am a Recording Studio engineer.
If i had to use a PC at work, I would have hung my self a long time ago.
Your statement shows everyone that you really havent used a mac properly or at all.
Apple controls the hardware because... Wait for it... Wait... Here it comes... Operating system compatibility.
Sure you can install OSx86 on almost any computer. But its not gonna work well, Sometimes it does.
I know that when i buy a Mac that my operating system is going to work AMAZINGLY with the hardware.
We have a first generation iMac from 1998 at my work here. It has not been reinstalled or no hardware at all replaced. Its used as a Kiosk to perform certian departmental tasks.
If you can tell me where i can buy a PC with Windows that in 10 years time will still be running as well as the day as it was taken out of the box, Then i will get one.
Lets run uptime on that box.
p-kiosk:~ kuser$ uptime
12:32 up 3385 days, 2 users, load averages: 0.46 0.48 0.73
p-kiosk:~ kuser$
Can someone please show me a Windows box that has a uptime like that? - MacParrot, on 07/04/2008, -0/+9I find women are a much better experience than a computer for that kind of thing. But hey if that's what you're into maybe you SHOULD pick a less expensive computer since you'll have to replace it more often
- BossKey, on 07/04/2008, -1/+9So all the high-end cars and audio/video brands that only have 8% market share or less should go and die now? I really don't think we should be stuck with just General Motors, Sony...and Microsoft.
- dagamer34, on 07/04/2008, -9/+17Macs also have a MUCH higher resale value than a PC ever will, especially portables. That shows you that it's not the hardware you're investing in, but the reliability and experience.
- kris33, on 07/04/2008, -0/+8"Wow, Internet Explorer has only 90% of the market? What is Microsoft doing wrong? I guess it's time to try FireFox...
/s"
/sarcasm - BossKey, on 07/04/2008, -1/+8@mrsteveman1, I hardly ever use the Dock to launch applications. This isn't Windows. I just use Spotlight. Hit the Spotlight shortcut, type a few letters of the app name, as soon as the name appears highlighted hit Return, it launches. You don't have to dig through the file system at all.
I just tried launching Terminal with Spotlight. It brought me Terminal as soon as I had typed "ter" . - notoneofus, on 07/04/2008, -1/+8I don't think so. Microsoft *used to* have partial ownership in Apple. Not for the last 8 years, though.
- davidlitts, on 07/04/2008, -6/+13*Imperial March plays as Bill Gates strolls back into Microsoft HQ*
"***** this" - Gizza, on 07/04/2008, -2/+9Apparently Windows is so good that even if it crashes mid sentence it has the ability to submit your comment first.
- jszaszvari, on 07/04/2008, -1/+8Ummm, Sorry but if you really knew how to use a mac then you would realise that its only Simplified on the top layer.
I can open up a terminal and there we go, Unix shell.
Anyone familiar with BSD/Unix/Linux/Mac know that they all really fall under the same category in terms of advanced capabilites.
Only difference is that Some of the others are Open source, But you also cant forget that older Mac OS kernels are open source now.
The stupidity of people on here really amazes me.
For christ sake people OSX is a very customised well made Unix OS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X
"Mac OS X is a Unix-based operating system"
My Point: If you actually know anything about advanced computing, Then you know that its a rock solid OS.
Look @ this
http://images.apple.com/macosx/pdf/MacOSX_UNIX_TB_ ...
Sorry whats that, ADVANCED unix functionality out of the box?
All you people that say "Linux is better, BSD is better".. You have no idea what you are talking about, And it gives me great pleasure reading all the comments on here and laughing at how so many people on here think they "UBER SKILZZZ" on computers, when in reality they know nothing.
An im not even a fan boy, I use Linux, Windows and OSX.
But sorry You cant listen to me, Because i only have 15 years experiance in C Programing, Unix Mainfraim Administration and Network Security. I might not be qualified enough for a opinion.
Get your facts straight, or dont comment at all - dysonlu, on 07/04/2008, -2/+9And percent of population with I.Q. below 75? About 8%.
- slut, on 07/04/2008, -16/+23The cost of computers has gotten so low lately, that buying a Mac now is similar price wise to buying a pc 2-3 years ago.
- MoofTheStoof, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6@mrsteveman1 The Dock isn't the Finder. Command-Tab to the Finder and just open the startup HD, browse down through /Applications/Utilities/ and double-click Terminal or Activity Monitor. Or, while in the Finder, just press Command-Shift-G to open a "Go to Folder" dialogue box. Then you can type in the path to Utilities (you can do this even if you have the desktop or HDs hidden as some people do). Sometimes it's easiest to just reboot, but it's seldom ever necessary in case you have something running that you just can't interrupt.
- protodon, on 07/04/2008, -1/+7It's like the esperanto of the OS world.
- inactive, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6Next time you are due for a new computer, try out a mac. That's what I did and I would never change back.
Software shouldn't be an issue unless you have a specific windows only program. I haven't come across one with a similar or better alternative. - Eslamicolt3, on 07/04/2008, -14/+20It's not even that much of a price difference any more.
- skingers, on 07/04/2008, -3/+9Apple posted $7.9Billion revenue last quarter and 59% of that came from Macs.
http://www.macscoop.com/articles/2008/04/23/apple- ...
You think this product should be pulled from the market? - jpmvp, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6ok in a non-preachy way (hopefully)... I switched to Mac after buying my wife an iBook. At that point we had three windows PCs in the house. I had built all 3 myself. Oddly two had virtually identical parts but one was always quite unstable. Never found out why - even swapping virtually every part failed to find an answer! So anyway the iBook was selected because I could not face having a 4th PC to administer. As a unix admin professionally I did not like doing lots of system admin at home!
The iBook was a revelation. The biggest surprise was the amount of quality software available - either free or very low cost. The second surprise was that Mac OS is basically Unix. With lots of great technology built in ready to go - perl, apache, python, ssh etc etc... The perception that Macs are too 'fisher price' is so very wrong. They are great systems for the technically proficient yet they are also extremely easy to use for the everyday person. This is a highly significant achievement.
I suppose the view that apple hardware is closed is valid. But I think having built PC's a few times I stopped being bothered about that. If anything happens to one of my Macs I can just load my home directory into another Mac and my entire environment, settings, data, email, desktop, everything is just ready to roll. So the hardware to me is just a tool. Like any tool, if it breaks just replace it. - EtherGnat, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6Dude, stop spamming the same information.
- jimmydurden, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6yeah jobs is really struggling to make ends meet isn't he. how apple is even still functioning is beyond me. *****, their stock price is only what 5X that of microsoft......they should just give up...
- MonkeyFarts, on 07/04/2008, -6/+11kahrytan:
Where are you getting that?
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid= ...
Linux: 0.8%
OS X: 7.94%
So tell me, how is Linux even remotely close to Apple's heels? - kris33, on 07/04/2008, -2/+7Or just use the Activity Monitor application.
- inactive, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5thanks. I will do that next time
- Jrwhite8, on 07/04/2008, -3/+8Macs have supported right click for about 8 years now and have shipped with a multi-button mouse for nearly 3 years.
- skingers, on 07/04/2008, -1/+6It's amazing how ignorant people are about this and continue to spread this disinformation.
Microsoft bought $150M of non voting Apple stock and committed to develop Office for the MAc for 5 years as a settlement in a legal case where Microsoft was distributing software stolen from Apple's Quicktime.
A) it was not a "bail-out" of Apple it was a settlement for Microsoft being caught red handed pirating Apple's code.
B) It was not a "large amount of shares" and they were even non-voting stock. $150M may seem like a lot to us but in terms of actual ownership of Apple, it was insignificant.
C) Microsoft sold this stock (at a tidy profit) some time ago and are no longer invested in Apple.
Google "microsoft sued over quicktime" - it's all there. - soopafly, on 07/04/2008, -1/+6Internet Explorer is still beating Firefox. Hmm...must mean that Internet Explorer is better.
- EtherGnat, on 07/04/2008, -1/+6Apple will never, ever "dominate" the desktop market, unless Apple makes significant changes to its philosophy that the Mac faithful won't like. The best thing about Apple is its focus, and you can't try and please everybody and maintain that. I'm certainly happy to see Apple gain marketshare and create more competition though.
- AutoTom, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5I think we can all agree a whole lot less windows would be nice
- BlueStarr, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5When is decrease ever a good thing? So yeah they better watch out cause because if trends continue that sarcasm of yours will soon turn into disbelief.
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