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Tag: crappy Windows PCs

Cue the funeral for Microsoft’s Windows Phone

Friday, April 22, 2016 10:15 amFriday, April 22, 201625 Comments

Beleaguered Microsoft’s mobile device strategy continues to disintegrate…

Apple wins the battle for enterprise hearts and minds

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 10:37 am14 Comments

Apple is now the platform of choice across the enterprise…

Gartner: PC Shipments hit 9-year low as Apple grows Mac shipments

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 2:25 pmTuesday, April 12, 20167 Comments

Research firm Gartner this afternoon reported that personal computer sales in Q1 dropped 9.6%,…

IDC: Apple Mac moves up to 4th place in worldwide PC market share; continues to outperform the market

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 9:29 amTuesday, April 12, 20168 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 60.6 million units in the first quarter of 2016…

Macs methodically infiltrate the enterprise

Thursday, March 24, 2016 3:01 pmThursday, March 24, 201611 Comments

Enterprises are more steadily adopting Macs in their organizations…

How to move your Windows PC files to your new Mac

Thursday, March 17, 2016 4:28 pmThursday, March 17, 201611 Comments

Before you start, you’ll need an external hard drive that works with both PCs and Macs…

This is supposed to make Microsoft’s Windows better than Apple’s Mac?

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 12:03 pmTuesday, March 1, 201646 Comments

Beleaguered Microsoft’s Windows 10 is not as successful as Microsoft has hoped. Even though it’s a free download, at least till summer, the migration rate has slowed…

Apple MacBooks surpass 10% market share in worldwide notebook market

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 1:30 pmTuesday, February 16, 20169 Comments

lobal notebook shipments dropped significantly in 2015 mainly due to the impact of currency depreciation…

Why the Mac has so much staying power; Apple’s indomitable workhorse deserves some praise

Friday, February 5, 2016 12:01 pmFriday, February 5, 201620 Comments

Let’s hear it for the Mac!

When replacing your Windows 7 PC: Should you switch to Apple’s Mac?

Monday, January 25, 2016 3:00 pm28 Comments

As any Windows 7 user can tell you, Microsoft is getting more and more aggressive in pushing upgrades…

Apple’s Mac sales continue to outgrow Windows PCs

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 8:30 am12 Comments

The Mac computer line that started it all for Apple is largely forgotten nowadays by analysts…

Apple was the only personal computer maker to experience growth in 2015

Friday, January 15, 2016 9:25 amFriday, January 15, 201616 Comments

Apple was the only PC manufacturer to see YoY growth in the personal computer market…

Apple continues to beat the Windows PC market

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 10:31 amWednesday, January 13, 201610 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 75.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, a 8.3 percent decline from the fourth quarter of 2014…

Five years later, Apple’s Thunderbolt is finally gaining some traction in high-end Windows PCs

Friday, January 8, 2016 10:08 amFriday, January 8, 201621 Comments

Thunderbolt 3 is suddenly beginning to show up in high-end offerings from just about every major PC OEM…

Apple revamps Mac in Business webpage with focus on success stories

Thursday, December 17, 2015 1:31 pm7 Comments

Apple launched a redesigned Mac in Business webpage to better target…

How IBM helped Apple’s Mac sales last quarter

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 2:25 pmWednesday, December 16, 20157 Comments

Mac is Apple’s second most valuable business and accounted for 13% of its revenues…

Apple Inc., the enterprise IT company

Tuesday, December 15, 2015 12:01 pmTuesday, December 15, 201514 Comments

Apple has grown so quickly that it can be hard to grasp just enormous it is…

How to switch from Windows to Mac as smoothly as possible

Saturday, December 12, 2015 10:43 am24 Comments

Are you planning to make the switch from a Windows PC to Mac over the holidays?

Why are Apple MacBooks so much more reliable?

Friday, December 11, 2015 10:24 am23 Comments

The Mac’s growing sales in a declining PC market shows that customers are finally getting it…

Apple Macs replacing Windows PCs throughout enterprise at ‘unprecedented rate’ – survey of IT pros

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 10:25 am39 Comments

Apple devices are rapidly becoming an integral part of today’s enterprise environment…

Windows Phone and Android are failures

Tuesday, December 8, 2015 12:01 pmTuesday, December 8, 201547 Comments

Windows Phone? Android? They’re both dead. Apple CEO Tim Cook holds all the cards…

Apple MacBooks again top Consumer Reports’ notebook survey by large margin

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 12:00 pmFriday, December 11, 20152 Comments

Apple’s MacBook hardware is better. Period…

Dell reminds the world why Black Friday is a great time to switch to Mac

Friday, November 27, 2015 1:10 pmFriday, November 27, 20159 Comments

Earlier this week it was discovered that Dell had installed an insecure root certificate…

Dell admits ‘profound security flaw’ was built into its computers

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 5:32 pm17 Comments

A security hole that could allow attackers to access users’ personal data was inadvertently placed on Dell computers…

Never mind the ‘Steve Jobs’ movie, get ready for the ‘Michael Dell’ biopic!

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 11:15 amTuesday, November 24, 20157 Comments

When a confused and obviously new-on-the-job Dell “engineer” shows Michael Dell the latest plastic Windows PC box…

U.S. CIOs see Apple taking more enterprise business

Friday, November 20, 2015 4:08 pmFriday, November 20, 20157 Comments

Apple’s enterprise momentum seems set to continue…

Tim Cook hints Apple might build a health device

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 4:29 pmMonday, January 4, 20167 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook has hinted that the company may one day built a medical device, following the success of the Apple Watch…

Apple’s Tim Cook declares the end of the PC and hints at new medical product

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 10:14 amTuesday, November 10, 201561 Comments

I think if you’re looking at a PC, why would you buy a PC anymore? No really, why would you buy one?

Apple Mac sales growth defies massive Windows PC industry decline

Friday, October 30, 2015 11:29 amFriday, October 30, 201515 Comments

Apple over the past 12 months set a new Mac sales record, selling 20.6 million units…

IBM: Every Mac we buy is making and saving us money

Wednesday, October 28, 2015 11:27 am25 Comments

IBM now has 130,000 Mac and iOS devices deployed and is adding an additional 1,900 Macs each week…

Microsoft’s Surface Book suffers from severe bugs on launch day

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 11:28 amTuesday, October 27, 201539 Comments

There is no shortage of tales of woe. And the bugs are many and varied…

Now we know why IT support hate Macs (hint: Windows PCs = job security)

Monday, October 19, 2015 1:29 pmMonday, October 19, 201542 Comments

Apple Macs require far less IT support than crappy Windows PCs…

IBM: Corporate Mac users need less IT support than those stuck on Windows

Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:57 pmMonday, October 19, 201519 Comments

Apple Macs require less setup and management, and demand far fewer support staff members than Windows PCs…

Just 5% of Mac users at IBM need help desk support vs. 40% of Windows PC sufferers

Thursday, October 15, 2015 4:00 pmThursday, October 15, 201545 Comments

Every Mac that we buy is making and saving IBM money…

Microsoft’s Surface Book sells out in 5 days

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 2:55 pmWednesday, October 14, 201531 Comments

Underwhelming supply is the likely cause…

Apple’s Mac increases market share as Windows PC sales continue swoon

Friday, October 9, 2015 5:35 pmFriday, October 9, 201526 Comments

Apple’s Mac line of personal computers continues to buck the overall decline in PC sales, increasing market share in the process…

Tim Cook expects iPad to supplant personal computers in many homes

Monday, September 28, 2015 11:25 amMonday, September 28, 201525 Comments

If Apple CEO Tim Cook’s predictions are correct, some consumers will never buy a desktop computer…

What to expect from Apple’s big event this week

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 2:04 pm1 Comment

The event begins at 10am PT on Wednesday, September 9, in San Francisco, in a huge auditorium normally reserved for rock stars…

Apple to livestream September 9th special event

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 10:58 amWednesday, September 9, 20156 Comments

Apple invites the world to join them on September 9 at 10am PDT to watch their special event presentation live…

Apple’s MacBook Air continues to lead all ultraportable PC makers in unit sales – report

Monday, August 17, 2015 9:39 pm9 Comments

The recent launch of Windows 10 in 2H 2015 has many PC OEMs holding their breath…

Privacy activists alarmed: Even when told not to, Windows 10 won’t stop phoning home to Microsoft

Thursday, August 13, 2015 11:35 am20 Comments

Unfortunately for privacy advocates, these controls don’t appear to be sufficient…

Don’t waste your money on OS X snake oil for your Mac

Tuesday, July 28, 2015 11:17 am32 Comments

Unlike Apple’s OS X for Macs, Microsoft’s Windows is not UNIX and Windows cannot protect itself…

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