“Hitslink, yet another web metrics company, reports that the number of people using Mac OS online topped 4 percent by the end of November. Over the last 12 months the use of the fairer platform has surged from 3.29 to 4.11 percent,” Ron Carlson reports for Insanely Great Mac.
Full article here.
On December 03, 2005, we reported that Net Applications research pegged Mac OS usage at 4.11% for November 2005, up from 3.87% in October 2005.
Full article here.
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Apple’s Mac OS X, Safari web browser show market share gains – December 03, 2005
MDN strikes again! Well, this should be published repeatedly
I bet it’s currently at 4.5%…
We’re movin on up!
MDN word: end- Will 2006 finally spell the END for Microsoft Windows? Keep your fingers crossed!
Today 4.11%
TOMORROW, 4.21% !!!!
Think BIG, baby, THINK BIG!!!
Mac users buy more software and pirate less software than Windows users. Per each user.
Follow the money. The power is ours!
4.21%??? Are you insane??!
PC users, resistance is futile
You will be assimulated
eventually
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Installed base is much higher, closer to 10-14% some recoken.
Lot’s of Mac’s are in shops and not online.
Supercomputers etc too.
Ironic how the Mac faithful quote a STUDY like this but would be totally dismissive of a similar study noting a minor increase in also-ran MP3 player sales.
“You will be assimulated”
They will be assimilated and like it. It’s sorta like telling a single guy that he’s going to be forced to live in the Playboy Mansion. Or a chocoholic is forced to take a job as a taste tester at the Hershey factory.
Actually this kind of sucks. Only 4% of the people going on the internet use Macs.
Considering there are huge purchases of Windows PCs for business use only – not hooked to the internet- one would think that the Mac internet use would be higher.
Where are all those bazillions of old mac owners – turns out they are probably doing all the buying of new mac machines, not windows owners.
Class Action Lawsuit for PowerBook 15″ RAM Issues
If you’ve had trouble with your PowerBook 15 Inch’s RAM not being recognized with certain versions of OS X, be sure to check out this possible class action lawsuit. The problems seem to occur with the lower of the two memory slots in only the 15 inch models of PowerBooks. Many users first noticed this problem with an update to OS 10.3.9 and fewer reported problems with 10.4.0 and 10.4.1 all using automatic update. Apparently, the second memory slot becomes physically damaged with the upgrade….
http://www.tuaw.com/2005/12/28/class-action-lawsuit-for-powerbook-15-ram-issues/
http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/28/mac-os-x-updates-disable-and-or-damage-powerbook-memory-hardware/#comments
I’ve seen statistics from general internet web sites that show Mac visitors in the 10-18% range. As luck would have it, I can’t seem to think of any of them off-hand (Except boingboig, which I can’t find the statistics page for)
I’m at work so I can’t wast time trying find any now.
Verbise – “I’m at work so I can’t wast time trying find any now.”
You already wasted time – get back to work!
Your boss.
“and so it begins…….”
-Ambassador Kosh
“Actually this kind of sucks. Only 4% of the people going on the internet use Macs.”
There are three kinds of lies. Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
What about all the people who have instructed Safari to identify itself as IE on the web?
And people that won´t believe the truth.
zeke: “What about all the people who have instructed Safari to identify itself as IE on the web?”
They counted those 5 people.
Given the difficulties in equating market share and installed base, you’d think the someone by now would have commissioned a serious, scientific poll. That is, weighted to reflect the entire population (by country, or worldwide) and asking number and type(s) of computers by household, typical uses, ages (of both computers and users), etc. And a similar poll for businesses.
Sure, it’d cost a bit of money, but I’d think large computer-related publications would do it…
I’m reposting my comments from the Paul Thurrott article here because they are appropriate for this thread, as well.
On a more serious note, I have a group New Years’ resolution for everyone. We, the Mac-using, Mac-loving crowd need to really dedicate ourselves to converting the Windoze crowd to the Mac platform in 2006. Don’t target the hard-core “Mac haters” because they will be the last to switch. Target your parents, your grandparents, your friends and co-workers. Look for those “Mac moments” when you can point out a significant Windoze flaw or a wonderful benefit of using a Mac. It’s those “aha!” realizations that get people to switch. I’ve personally converted 2 in 2005 and have 5-6 others seriously considering a Mac for their next computer purchase. Now, go get ’em and have a Mactastic 2006!
Cubert
How long will it take before a serious study is performed to determine CONSUMER market share? Yes, Mac market share is a measly 4%, but a huge portion of the Windows market share is office PCs.
How many failed Windows-only services need to be crushed by Mac-and-Windows services, before content providers start to think “Hey, maybe we need to take a closer look at those Mac folks?”
Yeah, we’re 4% (of sales) overall. But installed base is much higher, and more importantly, the CONSUMER market share is probably way higher than 4%. And consumers that buy Macs tend to be a large portion of the early-adopter market (‘cuz we’re not afraid of our PCs blowing up if we install something new).
In short, get us Mac folks hooked first, and we evangelize it to the world. Ignore us, and your product has a harder road ahead of it.
I second what Cubert says. If the last five years have taught me anything, it’s that Mac use is contagious. Seriously, that’s the best way to describe it.
Our circle of friends started out with one Mac user, and everyone else on PCs. We never could miss just how HAPPY he was with his computer, while ours were a neverending tale of woe. One by one, we switched. Each happy switcher provided more incentive for the next one.
My girlfriend (now my wife) got a Mac in 2002 after seeing how much I loved my Quicksilver G4. I moved my “scary-computer-illiterate” aunt to a Mac mini this year, and got her some beginner-friendly Mac books for Christmas. She loves it.
Some analysts seem surprised at the accelerating rate of Mac market share. I’m not. Mac users breed more Mac users.
Thurrrot : “Mac share hitting 5% is absolutely impossible. It’ll never ever happen. Forget it you hippies.. it’ll NEVER EVER happen…”
When did Thurrot say that?