nytimes.com — Two research firms that track the computer market said last week that Apple would move into third place in the United States behind Hewlett-Packard and Dell on Monday, when it reports product shipments in the fiscal fourth quarter as part of its earnings announcement.
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aristotle0dudeOct 22, 2007
Ok, geeks with real jobs in tech and science buy macs as opposed to the unemployed basement dwelling variety which go dumpster diving for parts.
joshuaerOct 22, 2007
I installed and use a copy of office 97 on vista on my intel mac, now it was nice to be able to install it since all i use it for is writing and i do not have any need to upgrade it. At the same time the software is 10 years old and if you tried that on a mac now it would not work a mac would not know what to do with with it. I think Apple has always done it right. Small steps in removing outdated hardware and software support, first they removed ADB and went all USB ( pc makers still use the serial port on computers ) then they removed the floppy drive from computers and offered the zipp 100mb drive ( new windows computers still come with a floppy drive ) creating a new system and a way to emulate the old and run both at the same time then dropping support slowly for os9 , you can still find software that is 10 years old or older that works on vista, if you do it in small steps people get used to it. Microsoft seems to take things in big jumps
madmageOct 22, 2007
Microsoft has been a monopoly since Apple faltered in the early nineties, it's only since OS X, Intel, and the iPod has been released that Apple has whitled that away again. So yes, they are gaining market share, which was the whole point.
monkeyfartsOct 22, 2007
I've used it myself, and I couldn't agree more with BlueStarr. Vista is the most annoying OS I have ever used. "Are you SURE you want to do xyz?" Yes. "Are you POSITIVE?" Yes. "REALLY? Because, if you change your mind, you know, you may..." Yes, I'm sure. "Well, if you say so. Is that your final answer?" ...YES!
darkdxOct 24, 2007
Now, if they have putted a 8800 in the new imac, I would buy it. Even a 8800gts 320mb. We already know that the HD2600 is way weaker than any 8800 being even more expensive. In two words: It's s**t. I know I'm going to be dugg down by apple fanboys anyway for my last statement. Even if it doesn't has nothing to do with macs...
darkdxOct 24, 2007
Now, if they have putted a 8800 in the new imac, I would buy it. Even a 8800gts 320mb. We already know that the HD2600 is way weaker than any 8800 being even more expensive. In two words: It's s**t. I know I'm going to be dugg down by apple fanboys anyway for my last statement. Even if it doesn't has nothing to do with macs...