“Now isn’t the greatest time to be Steve Jobs. Apple is in the midst of a pretty nasty financial fiasco that is starting to look more menacing every day. Microsoft is gearing up to take on Jobs’ franchises, iTunes and the iPod. Even the Fake Steve Jobs, whose “Secret Diary of Steve Jobs” blog had techies buzzing over the last few months, has given up the ghost — for now,” Lee Pender writes for Redmond Channel Partner Magazine.
MacDailyNews Note: Yes, Redmond Channel Partner. What, you don’t read it cover to cover?
Pender continues, “But, even without the Fake Steve Jobs around to clue us in to the real Steve’s innermost thoughts, we can imagine that what really has Jobs down in the dumps these days is the inevitable fact that no matter how cool Leopard is — and no matter how many shots Jobs takes at Microsoft — the new Mac OS will barely make a dent in Windows’ almost obnoxious OS market share.
“First off, it’s questionable as to how far advanced Leopard is compared to Vista. Beyond that, Apple has always been ahead of Microsoft in the OS innovation game, but that creativity lead has never translated into a serious competitive run at Windows… the fact remains that the Mac OS is, these days, the stuff of graphic designers, enthusiasts and zealots. In fact, the only reason I’m writing about it here is because it’s mid-August, and there’s not a ton of news about anything else right now,” Pender writes. “So, while Jobs may roar at Microsoft and Vista, his new OS will likely hit the market more like a purring kitty than a deadly cat of prey. No matter how cool or advanced it is.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: If ignorance is bliss, then 80+% of PC users sure are blissful. Now, what happens when they figure out that only Apple Macs give them two computers for the price of one – and often at a price lower than the other OS-limited PC makers? One fact stands out above all others: when people really use a Mac and a Windows PC for awhile and you ask them to choose one, the vast majority choose Macintosh. So, relying on solely on ignorance is a risky proposition. The more people that get a Mac, the more people they will tell about it. And what happens when millions face Vista hardware upgrade time? One thing’s certainly for sure, Apple cannot run “get a Mac” campaign materials enough. Regardless of whether Redmond Channel Partner Magazine’s Pender is right or wrong – there’s no way to know – we can smell his fear across the Internet. And we like it.
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Sophos: Apple Mac OS X’s security record unscathed; Windows Vista malware just a matter of time – July 07, 2006
Leopard attack on Vista: Apple taunts Microsoft with much faster operating system launches – July 05, 2006
What Microsoft has chopped from Windows Vista, and when – June 27, 2006
Windows Vista rips-off Mac OS X at great hardware cost (and Apple gains in the end) – June 13, 2006
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Forget the iPod’s halo; the real Mac sales will come when people face Windows Vista upgrade decision – January 16, 2006
Analyst: Windows Vista may still impress many consumers because they have not seen Apple’s Mac OS X – January 05, 2006
Windows users who try Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger might not want to go back – June 07, 2005
Well, he’s right isn’t he?
From harmless snowfalls, avalanches are made.
fud fud fud
It’s nice to hear bad press about Apple again. I was getting scared.
“(T)he new Mac OS will barely make a dent in Windows’ almost obnoxious OS market share.”
Ha! Windows users will still be plagued with viruses and malware. Good for them!
If Mac OS X is really only the stuff of graphic designers, enthusiasts and zealots then why is Microsoft trying so damned hard to copy it? Try again, Windows Zombie!
Redmond Channel Partner? More like Channel Patsy.
Obviously, the number of brain dead people in Redmond isn’t limited to Microsoft management, as evidenced by this horribly outdated (and inaccurate) article about Apple.
Who in the heck wants that Time Machine part of OSX?
Just perfect for anybody to go into your computer and find some old porn you thought you through out (and anything else).
Or your new girlfriend going in the your computer looking at all the love notes and nudie shots of your old girlfriend you thought you had deleted for good.
Gimm Iq LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Geez.. first he says its “questionable” how far advanced Leopard is over Vista when even a blind man can see TIGER is more advanced that Vista….
Then he tries to perpetuate the “Macs are only used by graphic designers, zealots….:” blah blah blah crap.
Yeah, this guy is a tool. I’m glad he uses Windows. I hope his piece of crap OS gets some virus that wipes out his hard drive….
“In fact, the only reason I’m writing about it here is because it’s mid-August, and there’s not a ton of news about anything else right now”
TRANSLATION: I HAD planned on writing about Vista this month but it’s late yet again, and I have ‘OS envy’.
Didn’t you mean Gimme IQ?
Time Machine is not a sealed black box. You’ll have full control of it.
The M$ winblows ecosystem is what is “sick” and running scared. Five years to release a gutted, facsimile of Mac OS X – pathetic!
Good money is on Apple not M$FT.
I coulda been a desk jockey instead, I guess.
Can you smell the apprension from Redmond? They’ve already sent out two of their winged monkeys after WWDC.
Q. What is the sound of Vista hitting the market?
A. ‘plop’
Wow, the Redmond Propaganda Machine actually acknowledges that Mac OS X exists. Whoda thunkit?
@clyde:
Q. What is the sound of Vista hitting the market?
A. 2 sounds: Vista hitting the market…and Microsoft stock hitting the floor.
Give me a billy club and a ticket to Redmond, WA. I’ve got some a$$ to whoop!
Fool!
I find this article offensive.
That’s all I have to say.
“Mac OS will barely make a dent in Windows’ almost obnoxious OS market share.”
People still don’t get it. The Windows OS market share has nothing to do with the quality of the Windows OS, but rather the enormous financial investment people and companies have made in MS software and the hardware and training for that software.
Companies just aren’t going to throw out such a large investment and start over. But over time they will become tired of the cost of up keeping and waiting for updates for such a system.
The Windows OS is less like an 800lb gorilla and more like a million dollar turd that people are buried up to their necks in.
Gimm Iq needs to create separate user accounts to hide his porn in. Or not give his wife access to his computer. Or learn to watch porn with his wife.
If Stevie would get off his dead butt and release OS X for any computer, not just Macs, he could make a hell of a dent in M$ market share. With that kind of money he could build what ever kind of hardware he wanted to, and sell it at a loss if need be. The OS sales would keep Apple afloat. After all the Xbox is still there, and it ain’t makin M$ any money. Oh, I can just hear the whiny snivelling retorts now:
“Apple is a hardware company . . .”
“Trying to make drivers for all that hardware is impossible . . .”
“I don’t want my precious OS X on you homebrew computer . . .”
And on and on it’ll go until Apple dies from never really trying. What they could have been though!
I’ve never been more convinced of anything in my life….
MS is heading for a big decline. It’s going the way IBM did in the eighties.
Apple is rapidly gaining market share.
That’ll be confirmed by the results coming in mid-October ( for the September quarter.)
Leopard was previewed to developers. Apple still has 7 or 8 months of work on the OS. In it’s current form (as presented at WWDC), Leopard didn’t appear to be so fantastically different, but there’s a few things to remember:
It’s a preview for developers.
It was not meant to show us all the things that will be great.
There’s 3/4 of a year to go for the Engineers.
Critics and pundits can sneeze at it all they want, but it was a preview for developers
Ever see a preview to a big movie, only to say “that’s it? you gotta be kidding me, doesn’t seem like much”. Well, what you saw is a preview for developers, not even a preview for consumers. If it were a preview for consumers (ie, MWSF07), then you will see alot more, and be given a ship date.
All these people who whine about what they saw in the keynote are missing the mark. We’re still a ways off (but light years ahead of MS). All the good stuff will be revealed with great fanfare and hype.
I guess it’s a good thing that the analysts and pundits are down and out about OS X. They know how good it can be, and were underwhelmed by their short-sightedness. It’s funny that the OS X bashers are actually whining for more OS X. Touche.