“Microsoft’s introduction of Windows 7 later this month won’t cost Apple any Mac sales, a Wall Street analyst said today,” Gregg Keizer reports for Computerworld.
“‘I analyzed the impact of the last four Windows launches and found no negative correlation between them and Mac sales,’ said Brian Marshall of Broadpoint AmTech. ‘In fact, [Microsoft’s launches] almost act like a delayed accelerant on Mac sales,'” Keizer reports.
“After comparing Mac sales with the launches of Windows 98 in June 1998, Windows 2000 (February 2000), Windows XP (October 2001) and Vista (January 2007), Marshall found that in all but the case of Windows 2000, Mac sales either increased or stayed steady,” Keizer reports.
“Mac sales jumped the most after Vista’s introduction, according to Marshall’s analysis, which many experts attributed to some Windows users’ switching to Macs after they were disappointed by Vista’s poor performance or put off by its lackluster reviews,” Keizer reports.
“Apple will announce sales figures for the calendar quarter that ended Sept. 30 next Monday during a conference call with reporters and analysts,” Keizer reports. “Marshall expects that Apple will then claim it sold approximately 2.8 million Macs in the July-September quarter, which would represent a 7% increase over the same period last year.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “souch3” for the heads up.]
@qka:
“He also says how if you buy a Mac, a Mac genius will transfer your stuff from your old PC to your new Mac – FOR FREE!!!”
They already ran a commercial like that (but pulled it from the web site).
The personal setup service is now only offered as a part of One-to-One, and is covered under the One-to-One cost of $99/year (which includes the training and stuff). I found out when I went to buy a Mac that they started doing that in June or something.
Your problems are so abundant that I can count them on two or three fingers. This is a bad thing? You make me lol.
Mark:
More commonly in the computer world, it refers to Media Access Control [address], as in, “MAC Address.”
They have to wait until the “Windows 7 Welcome party”… then its going to get worse for windows….
leave Zune Tang alone!
whilst he’s having a Windows 7 Welcome Party, Snow Leopard early installers are trying to figure out how they lost all their data?
Hey Apple, Beta test why don’t ya?
New Mac Ad:
“Hello, I’m a Mac & I’m a PC”.
(pull camera back revealing a little girl standing between the characters, but facing Mac)
Mac: “Oh, hello…who are you?”
Girl: (Identical to little girl on Win 7 ad with a Unicorn tee shirt on ) “My name is Lisa & I’m 7”
PC: “But…”
Lisa: “I love you Mac!”
Mac: “Oh, that’s sweet…I love you too.”
PC: “But, but I…”
Lisa: ” My Mommy & Daddy & brother Billy & teacher love you too Mac!”
Mac: (vechlemt, puts his hand over his mouth trying to hold his emotions back)
PC: ” But I love you too Lisa! ( holding a “my little pony” style toy horse)
Lisa turns around to face PC & screams : ” NOOOOO! Help me Mac, make the boogie man go away!”
( she is now hiding behind Mac holding onto his knees )
Mac : ” PC…Now look what you did.”
(Mac & Lisa exit the stage)
PC : “Why doesn’t anybody want to play with me?”
(With a sad sack expression while talking to his pony doll )
CUT.
Gosh whilst he’s having a Windows 7 Welcome Party, Snow Leopard early installers are trying to figure out how they lost all their data?
Another paid Microsoft Astroturfer inventing this ‘data loss’ Snow Leopard meme. Post a link to this ‘data loss’ why don’t you?
Oh? No link?
Piss off.
Yup, the Microsoft tards equate the huge data loss from the Microsoft/Danger fiasco to a much smaller data loss issue from Apple. They can’t make a convincing argument with facts, so their only recourse is to spread FUD.