“More than 1 million Windows users bought Mac computers for the first time this year, according to a recent report. PC users are converting to Macintosh computers in growing numbers, thanks in part to the stunning success of the Apple iPod, the New York Post reported Tuesday,” CNN/Money reports.
“‘Apple has attracted a much larger audience for its personal computers due to the success of the iPod,’ Steve Lidberg, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities, told the newspaper. ‘There are definitely a lot of people who are joining the Mac ecosystem for the first time.’ Over the last several quarters, as Apple marketed new and improved iPods, Mac have sales jumped, reaching 48 percent year-over-year growth in the latest quarter,” CNN/Money reports.
Full article here.
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Analyst estimates over a million Windows to Mac switchers during 2005’s first three quarters – November 07, 2005
Windows sufferers: It’s not your fault, but it is your problem – switch to Mac – November 07, 2005
Tech writer: Windows PCs highly vulnerable to zombie hijacking; get an Apple Mac instead – November 06, 2005
Windows switchers, now’s your chance: Apple Mac mini with Mac OS X Tiger for $379 – November 03, 2005
Computer columnist: anti-virus software purely optional for Apple Macs, not so for Windows – November 01, 2005
Microsoft apologists and why Apple’s Mac OS X has zero viruses – October 24, 2005
$500 bounty offered for proof of first Apple Mac OS X virus – September 27, 2005
Symantec: 10,866 new Microsoft Windows virus and worm variants in first half 2005 – September 19, 2005
Hackers already targeting viruses for Microsoft’s Windows Vista – August 04, 2005
16-percent of computer users are unaffected by viruses, malware because they use Apple Macs – June 15, 2005
ZDNet: How many Mac OS X users affected by the last 100 viruses? None, zero, not one, not ever – August 18, 2005
Intel CEO Otellini: If you want security now, buy a Macintosh instead of a Wintel PC – May 25, 2005
97,467 Microsoft Windows viruses vs. zero for Apple Mac’s OS X – April 05, 2005
Millions of Windows PC’s hijacked by hackers, turned into zombies; Macintosh unaffected – September 08, 2004
Defending Windows over Mac a sign of mental illness – December 21, 2003
first post, am I bovered
i think my mac has a virus.. does anyone know any free online antivirus scan.. like the ones norton and mcafee offer? their “Free Scan” that works on a mac OS ?
I know that I’ve talked two neighbors, two co-workers, my parents and both of my brothers into purchasing Macs this coming year!
If every Mac owner could get just two Windows sufferers to convert, Mac would dominate the industry in the next 5 years!
i think—–Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.
MW–audience–as in..what i think is looking for.
I think
You don’t have a virus, because there are no viruses for the Mac.
There is a free virus scanner I think, look for it on versiontracker. But it won’t help because tou don’t have one.
What the f**k is a Mac ecosystem?
If you’re having weird behavior, you may need a disk repair utility. Macs are machines afterall and they goof up every once in a while. The latest Tiger update is known to be buggy for some people. My install sucked. Strangely, though, after several restarts over a few days, all seems well again.
If you’re new to Macs, check out programs like Diskwarrior or Techtool to repair problems. There are other programs, as well.
It really is pretty unlikely that you have a virus.
i think—-try this.
http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.html
Jamie writes: “What the f**k is a Mac ecosystem?”
The headline refers to the Mac way of doing things, the Mac world, the Mac cult, or whatever other term you want to use for it.
ithink:
a free Mac antivirus program:
http://www.clamxav.com/
MW = freedom – Biggest reason to use a Mac is the FREEDOM from viruses
And not just because of the iPod because Mac is a universe better than Windoze.
And as for the thread above – that’s great, because now tomorrows headlines are going to tell us there is a Mac OSX virus around. And the day after in little print will be – ‘no no, false alarm, it wasn’t…’
“More than 1 million Windows users bought Mac computers for the first time this year, according to a recent report.” ?????
I would like to see the official Apple postion on this, not some ANALyst guessing.
Unfortunetly most Windoze users just blindly run off the edge of the cliff following the herd. Besides if they switched what would they do with all that pirated software. LOL
Thurrott.. thurrott… we have a ‘Halo Effect’ on line 2… you need to take this call.. stop avoiding this guy..
this “ecosystem thing” is a buzzword that gates/ballmer/ms seem to have been using. it’s a well innovative use of english, innit
thanks ulna, I agree.
This was yesterday’s long shot estimate (http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/7487/)
To quote the analyst himself:
“If we assume that all of the growth in Mac shipments during the past three quarters resulted from Windows users purchasing a Mac, then purchases by Windows users exceeded one million.”
Sketchy analysis technique at best. I’d call it irresponsible. I’m surprised that Money/ CNN is treating it with that much weight. If any real numbers come out on this, it will be under this BLIND GUESS, and ultimately look bad because it didn’t meet the “estimates”.
I wish people would stop publishing ridiculous guesses just to invent something to write about, and more importantly, I wish that larger publications would do a little research (AKA work) on their own to get more accurate information out there.
maybe we can do a count? I’m one of those million, so there is 1…
The Mac, iTunes, iTMS and iPod is an ecosystem because the comunity of parts function as a related unit … just as Windows, IT Departments, spammers, hackers, and the vast community of malware creators form another ecosystem. I know which one I’d rather deal with.
ithink,
Try clamXav – it’s open source and free, but not online scanning, so you’ll need to install it. I’d be very interested to hear if it is indeed a virus, or just simply a system flutter.
I’ve converted 10 people to Mac in the past 18 months. Another dozen are teetering on the edge.
It feels good delivery people from evil!
Does ClamXav offer free virus definition upgrades too???
Also is it true that a system defrag is pointless to OSX ????
I think––ClamXav does offer free virus definition upgrades.
Defrag on the Mac is refered to as Optimization. I use TechTool Pro. There are other software available too. But none built into Mac OS X. Better results can be obtained by rebuilding the Directories –– TechTool Pro, Disk Warrior, others. Do a search on versiontracker.com or macupdate.com.
Try Mac OS X Disk Utility first. Boot from the install CD to repair the start-up Volume.
DO NOT DEFRAG YOUR MAC ! Mac OS X DEFRAGS ITSELF ON-THE-FLY!
Optimizing, aka defragging, a journaled hard drive with Mac OS X will screw things up royally, and may be misinterpreted for some other problem. You may use TT Pro 4 or Diskwarrior for other maintenance issues, BUT NOT DEFRAGGING.
For more technical information see Amit Singh’s kernelthread.com, especially:
http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/apme/fragmentation/
To quote Singh,
“Defragmentation on HFS+ volumes should not be necessary at all, or worthwhile, in most cases because the system seems to do a very good job of avoiding/countering fragmentation .
It is risky to defragment anyway: What if there’s a power glitch? What if the system crashes? What if th defragmenting tool has a bug? What if you inadvertently reboot? In some cases, you could make the situation worse by defragmenting.”
ithink,
Please keep in mind that ClamXav or any other AV for Mac is going to do one thing, and one thing only– scan for WINDOWS viruses.
There are zero, zilch, nada documented viruses in the wild for Mac OS X. In Windows, viruses, worms, and spyware can install themselves. In Mac OS X, they have to ask permission.
Just say no!
ClamXav is FREE, and the FREE virus definitions should be set to update automatically when you launch the application. (That’s FREE, as in free beer, free speech, however, you are free to donate to the developer, if you wish.) You are too used to PCs being initially cheap but getting nickel and dimed (and drawn and quartered) afterwards by the Windows world.
Be careful that you DO NOT SET ClamXav to isolate email m.box files. Make sure you read the explanation on the website for the reason why. It’s a good one.