“PC users don’t really get the Mac and have never gotten the Mac. Since most of the world talks Windows, it’s no surprise that few in the industry really appreciate the windfall that’s in store for Apple Computer over the next 18 months,” David Morgenstern writes for eWeek.
Morgenstern writes, “The big deal for Mac users will be upgrades, primarily meaning the transition of the installed base of Mac users to the Intel-based machines. The first sign of the pent-up demand for newer, faster Macs can be seen in Apple’s latest quarterly results. The sales of some 800,000 notebooks—almost all the high-priced spread—represents a 61 percent increase from the year-ago quarter. With our internal clocks it feels as if it all must have happened by now. But it’s only just beginning. For example, Apple’s super-loyal base of professional content creators haven’t yet received their Intel machines. However, this cycle isn’t your usual processor upgrade cycle that comes every time Intel or Advanced Micro Devices tweaks a process. This is a major shift that affects all parts of the Mac customer-developer-vendor ecology.”
“This coming Intel transition may prove to be a triple high biorhythm for the Mac. Along with the new Intel models, the Mac market will be bolstered early in 2007 by the arrival of Mac OS X “Leopard” (v10.5) and later in the spring with Intel-compatible versions of major Mac software platforms, such as the Adobe Creative Suite 3 products,” Morgenstern writes.
“Wild cards in the Intel transition mix are ‘switchers,’ the customers persuaded by the demonstrations of content creation in the Apple stores. Will this trend with Windows users switching to Mac continue after the arrival of Windows Vista and its prettier face? Maybe,” Morgenstern writes. “With Vista missing the holiday and back-to-school seasons, many customers are buying Macs. A family in my neighborhood has been all PC since the PC XT. But the eldest son is going off to college and says he wants a Mac. It’s the vanguard of a new generation gap. He’s never owned a Mac but he’s gotta have one—a good sign for Apple.”
Much more in the full article here.
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Dude, you got a Dell? What are you, stupid? Only Apple Macs run both Mac OS X and Windows! – April 05, 2006
Name one commercial/government/institutional user that has been left on the side of the road by Mac OS X. I can name many who have ben left utterly incapacitated by Windows XP & Server software. Despite the most draconian restrictions and lock-downs tried by IT Departments, Windows is still an insecure and buggy OS– period.
To my knowledge, every one of the major security breaches involving the theft of personal data has happened on a Microsoft System. When you consider how many systems running UNIX and other OSes exist and their relative immunity to this compared to Windoze it is amazing that anybody is stupid enough to drink the Redmond Kool-Aid. The simple fact is, by either relative incidence and by raw numbers, WIndows Client & Server software is a security problem waiting to happen.
If stability & security are important the obvious choice is anything other than Windows. If playing games is your priority, get a Windoze Box. If you want stability, security and a wide palate of commercial software the Mac OS is the OBVIOUS choice for clients and LINUX or UNIX for servers.
Reality bites and the facts back it up.
To Windoze Apologists/Fanboys: “Reality bites and the facts back it up.”
Today for every 100 computers sold only 3 or 4 will be Apple computers.
‘Today for every 100 computers sold only 3 or 4 will be Apple computers.’- True.
Today few drive a hybrid car or use renewable energy sources. Also True.
100 years ago more cars used electricity or steam than used gasoline. Also True.
That in no way changes the fact that the market is changing and Apple is in a very good position just like the energy market is shifting toward efficiency and sustainable sources. Very True.
So what exactly is your point?
Stop pimping market share and open your eyes. The financial viability of a platform is not based upon market share– market size is more important. Apple has developed a user base large enough to support a diverse palate of developers and the number of developers is growing. Good enough for me.
I read that title and at first thought Apple was going to release their own brew called Perfect Storm. Is that an ale or lager? I’d try it.
Some of its strengths would include:
• Best flavor on the market: but only 5% of beer drinkers have the taste buds to know the difference
• You could drink a ton of it and never have a run in with security.
• When sick, you could drink it since viruses can’t affect it. Would probably make you better.
Jump in any time, Ampar.
Just a couple things to throw into this whole (which is better) arguement. Everything in the world has their uses, yes, even windows has its uses. I recently had Ubuntu Linux installed, which was sleek, elegant, and all around nice to USE. BUT when it comes time to installing new programs.. omg what a headache. “Dependancies not satisfiedable” “need this and that to install this and that which will allow you to install this”. Now, I sit here using XP again, simply because of the annoyance of installing programs on ubuntu. Why am I not using OSx? So many of you are asking yourselves that right now as we speak, hell even I am asking myself that question, awnser.. financial reasons I won’t divulge into. The reason I am writting this is for one point only, directed at all you windows loving people out there. If someone told you “Try this chicken alfredo with blue cheese I just made” and you respond with “no thanks, I’ll stick to my fries with ketchup”.. c’mon people, we can all sit around knocking this and that, but do not knock the MAC unless you have personally walked a mile in its shoes. Which mind you, are some damn comfortable. Am I going to proof read this? No, I’m in a rush to go pick up my bonus from work so I can buy a mac mini to restart my Mac days again.