“The Apple iPod has had unprecedented success… The interesting thing about the iPod is that it has extended its success beyond the Macintosh realm and into the world of PC. In fact, though this is pure speculation, I would venture to say that there are oogles more PC users with iPods than Macintosh users,” Deron Dantzler writes for The South Carolina Times and Democrat. “Trying to glean off that success, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs [recently] introduced… the brand new Mac Mini.”
“With the new Mac Mini, Apple is making a strong push for your desktop space, but rest assured they aren’t asking for much. The Mac Mini is a Macintosh computer that is about 2 inches tall, 6 inches deep and 6 inches wide. It is without doubt one of the most innovative designs that has been brought to the computer world in quite some time, and perhaps the biggest note that is surrounding it is its price. Sitting at just $499, Apple has finally released a product that is perhaps priced low enough to help the company cut its way into the PC market share,” Dantzler writes.
“The big question surrounding the machines is: Will they be successful? I have no doubt in my mind that within the next few weeks there will be PCs released to the market, probably lower priced with a similar-sized shell. We’ll see a new breed of minicomputers try to compete against one another, but I’m itching to know if the Mac Mini will have marked success in the PC market where low-priced hardware has dominated for so long over the supposed stability in the marriage of Apple hardware and Mac OS. I guess only time will tell,” Dantzler writes.
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Macaday quotes: “The PC universe has no answer to Apple’s elegantly matched bundle of its virus-free Mac OS X Panther, its Safari, Mail and iChat Internet applications and its new iLife ’05 multimedia suite.”
But Apple never advertises or promotes this so no one except Macheads will know it.
“……..Answer: 0,zero,none.
We don´t use Internet Explorer. We use Firefox. Plus we have firewalls and of course routinely use our virus checking and Ad Aware software. This combination seems to have kept our computers immune….”
This is difficult to believe, … but, supposing the incredible really happened… and what you say is true… then immune … wouldnt be a word I would use .. when referring to a WinDoze Peecee’s chances of contracting any malware !!
Especially, when you have to contend with virii, trojans, and other odd sort of malware on a weekly basis !…
As a WinDoze owner, you, at least, are forced to install, anti-virus, anti-adware, pop-up blockers, and anti spy-ware… and to run all these constantly … in an attempt to stay one step ahead of the game !!
But, none of my Macs, at least the ones I keep running, have ever had even an Anti-Virus program installed on them….
The last one I used, was back in 1995 or so, and it was called Virex 5 or some such…. and it might still be on my old 6100.. tucked away in a closet somewhere… not sure …
Point being…. to answer your last question…. No…. I have never owned a Windoze PeeCee…Having had to contend with them in a work environment, kinda turned me off on them…
This is just one of the reasons… I’ve been a mac dood .. since the 68k / OS 7.x days
Real Numbers..
In the history of the company.. Pffft.
It’s pretty obvious where that number comes from..
Licenses of OS 9 + Licenses of OS X = 25 mil.
It’s pretty much split down the middle with 12.5mil in each camp.
Oh.. and misnomer, I thought it was self-evident, refers to something that is very badly named in that it’s nature is contrary to it’s name’s implication.
25 million is a misnomer?.. No. It’s a number. You suggested that it was misleading marketing fluff (ahem, lies) from Apple…
Surely you don’t think they’re counting OS 8 users in that number?!
macdood: “Point being…. to answer your last question…. No…. I have never owned a Windoze PeeCee…Having had to contend with them in a work environment, kinda turned me off on them…
This is just one of the reasons… I’ve been a mac dood .. since the 68k / OS 7.x days”
Macdood you have been reading too many MDN malware horror stories. I used to be Mac only, too. My first Mac owned in 1994, used them about 4 years prior to that in my job as then graphic artist.
A couple of years ago my kids forced me to buy a Windows PC (PeeCees were forbidden in our house at the time – I was a 100% Mac only person ). They wanted to play games that were not available on the Mac, so okay, I relented.
We now have both mac and peecee computers. I am writing this on my windows computer.
Yes, it is true that we do not get any of the virus and malware and adware that everyone loves to hyperventilate over. The only time we got some adware stuff was when my wife accidently used Internet Explorer on her laptop instead of Firewire. It took about 30 seconds for AdAware to find and remove.
I think most viruses and adware, etc. come into PeeCees in a larger IT controlled environment – like a school or business where there is a lot more room for somebody messing up something.
And remember all IT guys love the Windows viruses and stuff, they can scare their ignorant bosses into increasing budgets, getting overtime, etc.
In my immediate circle of family and friends I have not heard of anyone with any real problems with viruses or malware, etc. on their PC.
I like Macs better, but can´t really complain about the PCs we have.
mike: “Licenses of OS 9 + Licenses of OS X = 25 mil.”
Did you just make that up?
I´ve got two computers with OS 9 on them. Both computers are sitting in the closet somewhere – too old and slow or worth the money to update.
One computer Mac OSX. How many macusers does that make me? 3 or 1?
Somebody that uses Mac OS 9 should be counted as a user?
When did 9 get introduced?
My DSL service won´t even allow anything less than OSX to hook up to the internet.
i find my experiences with pcs the exact opposite of yours. in my immediate circle of family and friends, i can’t think of a single person who has NOT had issues with spyware/adware/viruses on their pcs. the first thing i do when i go visit my friends is to clean all the junk off their computers. they’re always amazed how much faster their computers run after i’m through.
while it’s admirable that you forbid your family to use internet explorer, that is still what most pc users use to surf the web.
oh, and as most paranoid pc users would suggest, do not just rely on ONE spyware cleaner. most use spybot along with adware since each will catch some stuff that the other won’t.
it’s great that you have never had any problems with adware/spyware/viruses, but you seem to be the exception more than the rule.
ps: i’ve been a hardcore pc user for many years. i haven’t even owned a mac since my powermac 7100 in college, though i am eyeing a mac mini these days.
pps: the only it people who like viruses on windows are grunts who have to clean them for a living. i actually get to see all the crap that gets on windows machines(even after the steps we’ve taken to secure the desktop) and it just makes everything else we need to do on the it side harder.