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re: Mac market share for CY 2007 and Q4 2007

Xtreem0 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:22:38 GMT

@johnpapola. It is true that apple is gaining increase market share. The reason why vista didint do what it was suppost to do (kill the mac...) was 1 because of the huge bias against it. People have this stupied feeling that its the most unstable, slowest, most annoying operating system ever relieced by windows. Some even call it the windows ME. This is because of the lack of knowlege of the operating system. Also the vast bias of the media. The apple adds to help on it. Alot of mac users are determend to prove that vista is the worst operating system in the world when actually its really reliable, and the best one to date. I almost moved to a mac because of XP but vista i fined to be better then both the two. (mostly because i just like the windows interface my own preference). This is also why apple is gaining a hudge ground. People think that apple computers are a luxury item and pc's are just a cheep overmineded bloted computer. This impression is not good for the pc buizness because even though that is not true at all its now what ever average person thinks when it comes to computers. Unless opinions change apple could see a continuing huge increase in people using the mac. (also i have noted that movies apple seems to be paying them to have the mac in almost every one. Have you ever seen a pc in any of the new movies recently?

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johnpapola — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:47:52 GMT

Since noone can deny that the Mac has a rich ecosystem of third party software that is growing every day, Marketshare seems to have only one value at this point as a topic: trends. And clearly the trend is that the Mac has momentum. Worldwide share numbers are meaningless otherwise.

In fact, you simply must look at Dell to find an example of a company that toppled themselves by going for share at the expense of profit. This is why Jobs killed the clones, because share doesn't mean much if you don't survive to make use of the userbase. Clearly, Apple being a thriving, healthy company with nearly 20 BIllion in the bank has ended the biggest impediment to Mac adoption: the idea that Apple was inevitably going to die.

Rob Enderle, of course, predicted that 2007 would be Apple's downfall year in the face of Vista. In reality, the Mac's sales have only ACCELERATED. Enderle is an utter hack and a poison in the world of tech punditry, but Paul is often very reasonable and his acknowledgements of Apple's share gains have been fine.

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Xtreem0 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:52:08 GMT

@Spidubic. I to have had a great experience with it. SP1 i found makes my computer startup wayfaster the it did previously. Also the mass complainers are mac and (hevy) linux users who feel that windows is insuperior and the most unstable operating system on the planet compared to there operating system. This is because there are less of them and the mass public seems to think that windows is made to crash and apple is made to heal and make things fun. (wich all in all is not true).

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techdribble — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:01:03 GMT

@Spidubic - same here on both PC and Laptop. Admittedly my first shot at Vista on the PC wasnt 100% but given the hardware at the time was getting on a bit I was surprised at how will it actually went. Upgraded the MB and CPU (as I generally do every 2-3 years) and no major issues it just runs.

As I commented on another forum there is no worlds best OS just deluded fanbois.

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Spidubic — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:26:54 GMT

What are people doing with Vista that I am not? I have been running it for close to a year now with only a couple of minor glitches. Other than that it has been flawless and I have yet to find a program or game it won't run.

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DRWAM — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:50:30 GMT

I previously posted that around 30% of my group now have a Mac, but I just got a couple more calls yesterday on questions for configuring two more switchers' Macs. I even offered advice on a new Vista PC purchase [although I do not own Vista yet], but I could not discourage the switch. Although many writers give various reasons for switching, my group cites too many experiences with Malware, viruses and software problems with Windows.

Those with Vista have very few complaints. Also, the upgrade in our offices [XP to Vista] is not needed and would be expensive. Besides, most of our specialized software is not compatible, and upgrading to make compatible would just cost even more money. But, although a few IT guys that we employ, own Macs, it would be extremely unlikely that we would switch due to the cost and software compatibility problems.

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halesgarcia — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:43:05 GMT

You see a lot of cash registers running Windows which is contributing tremendously to the Windows install numbers. But the OS running on cash registers will remain unchanged since cash registers don't need Vista eye-candy or to unnecessarily attract thieves with their flashiness.

What matters are the numbers among consumers. Everywhere I go I see about 50% of users with laptops are using Macs. In some places as much as 80%. On average that's up ten fold from a few years ago.

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cesjr — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:29:23 GMT

Once again Paul cites only worldwide share - this includes huge volumes in places like China and India where dirt cheap PCs destined to be loaded with pirated software are sold. A fair and objective source cites both world and U.S. share - Paul is obviously not that.