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Tag: Windows PC

Why users should choose Apple’s Mac over a Windows PC

Thursday, March 9, 2023 3:32 pmThursday, March 9, 20237 Comments

From user experience to security to build quality, there are several reasons why one should choose to use a Mac over a Windows PC…

IDC: Traditional PCs declined precipitously in 2022; Apple Mac sales grew

Wednesday, January 11, 2023 8:58 am2 Comments

Semand remains a concern as most users have relatively new PCs and the global economy worsens. Only Apple’s Mac sales gre year over year…

IDC: Worldwide PC market contracted 7.6 percent in Q313, Apple Mac declines 11.2 percent in U.S. market share

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 5:05 pm17 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 81.6 million units in the third quarter of 2013…

Gartner: Apple Mac U.S. share slipped as worldwide PC shipments in Q313 declined 8.6 percent

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 4:51 pmWednesday, October 9, 201315 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 80.3 million units in the third quarter of 2013…

Microsoft blames PC makers for Windows 8 flop

Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:02 pmThursday, January 24, 201346 Comments

Microsoft blames PC makers for underwhelming Windows 8 sales over Christmas…

Tim Bajarin: Why Apple’s iPad mini is a disruptive technology

Monday, November 19, 2012 11:48 amMonday, November 19, 201226 Comments

I believe that a PC as we know it today will continue to lose its primary role in the home…

Windows PC users plan mass exodus to Apple Mac, iPad

Friday, November 16, 2012 11:44 am27 Comments

42 percent of customers looking for new computers say they’ll be picking up an Apple product…

8 reasons why Apple’s iPad mini launch should have failed

Thursday, November 15, 2012 2:31 pmThursday, November 15, 201225 Comments

The process in which Apple’s lineup of iPad’s becomes a PC substitute is happening before our eyes…

Apple wins in Microsoft’s vicious cycle of PC abuse

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 10:35 am29 Comments

There’s hardly a peep of innovation at companies holding themselves hostage to the PC…

Dismal Windows PC quarter may mean another strong quarter for Apple’s Macintosh

Monday, October 22, 2012 2:51 pm11 Comments

Last quarter was a terrible for most personal computer makers…

Apple’s Mac primed to outgrow Windows PC market for 25th consecutive quarter

Friday, July 13, 2012 10:31 am15 Comments

Windows PC sales have stalled, but most analysts believe Mac unit sales grew 12% to 14% last quarter…

How safe is your data stored in Apple’s iCloud? Very safe

Thursday, March 22, 2012 11:19 am14 Comments

Apple’s iCloud service lets users sync a staggering amount of data…

Former top Microsoft exec Ozzie: World is over the PC

Saturday, March 10, 2012 10:28 amMonday, March 12, 201247 Comments

Ray Ozzie, the man who succeeded Bill Gates…

Mac users are more fashionable than Windows PC sufferers

Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:42 pmThursday, March 1, 201223 Comments

The Mac vs. PC debate is as old as Steve Jobs’ signature collection of black turtlenecks…

RUMOR: Apple looking to launch iTunes Store, App Store redesigns later this year

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:46 amTuesday, February 21, 20122 Comments

Apple is preparing its first iTunes Store redesign in nearly three years…

JP Morgan: Windows PC ‘ultrabooks’ just Apple MacBook Air wannabes

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:32 pmTuesday, February 14, 201212 Comments

“Ultrabooks” are little more than a rip-off of Apple’s successful ‘MacBook Air’ notebooks…

Gartner: Apple Mac sales surged while Windows PC shipments plummeted in Q411 in UK , France

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 9:12 am27 Comments

The Windows PC market in Western Europe has suffered four consecutive quarters of shipment decline…

The PC is dying. The iPad and Mac are not

Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:03 pmThursday, January 26, 201223 Comments

The PC is dying. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see what’s coming…

Why ‘post-PC’ is a far bigger threat to Microsoft than Mac or Linux ever was

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:08 pm53 Comments

This shift to ‘post-PC’ is dangerous for Microsoft…

The PC landscape is rapidly changing

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:09 pm15 Comments

It is important for those who watch the personal computing industry closely to realize…

Mac attack: The world finally begins ultimate personal computing upgrade

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 8:39 am29 Comments

Over the years, Apple has earned a less-than-stellar reputation among purchasers…

Apple Mac vs. Windows PC: ‘PC’ decline even worse than reported

Monday, January 16, 2012 6:43 pm47 Comments

PC growth vs. Apple is even worse than reported….

Global PC notebook shipments sink 8.7% while Apple notebooks shipments grow

Monday, January 9, 2012 11:33 am8 Comments

Global notebook shipments showed an apparent setback of 8.7% sequentially…

Apple grants iCloud access to Windows PC sufferers as part of iOS 5 upgrade

Monday, October 31, 2011 10:28 am30 Comments

When I found iCloud installed on my PC after upgrading to iOS 5…

Apple grew its computer shipments at a rate of 99% last quarter

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 5:01 pm20 Comments

Last quarter the iPad had unit growth of 166% with revenue growth of 146%…

Former Compaq CEO switched to Mac, recounts Steve Jobs’ pitch to license Mac OS to Compaq

Sunday, October 23, 2011 12:18 pm22 Comments

I happily returned to the Apple fold after two decades in the desert…

The Microsoft Tax: Virus infects Windows PC control systems of US Predator and Reaper drones

Saturday, October 8, 2011 11:47 amSaturday, October 8, 201135 Comments

The U.S. government’s unmanned Predator and Reaper drones’ U.S.-based control systems are infected…

Survey: 60% of undergrad personal computer purchases are Macs

Monday, September 19, 2011 6:18 pmMonday, September 19, 201121 Comments

Apple’s share of computer purchases within the last three months spiked to 60%…

Gartner: Western Europe PC market declined 19 percent in Q211; Mac-maker Apple shows only increase

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 2:05 pm14 Comments

PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 12.7 million units in the second quarter of 2011…

Why Apple scares the Wintel PC assemblers

Monday, August 1, 2011 12:40 pmMonday, August 1, 201125 Comments

Apple is getting ready to start a full out assault on what has been sacred territory for PC assemblers…

McDonald’s WiFi setup guide reads like an ad for Apple’s Mac

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:02 pmWednesday, July 27, 201139 Comments

McDonald’s WiFi guide explains the difference between setting-up the restaurant’s WiFi on a Windows PC compared to a Mac…

Apple’s Mac killing Microsoft Windows PCs 4 to 1 in education sales

Friday, July 8, 2011 10:02 amFriday, July 8, 201123 Comments

Apple’s Back to School sale off to a strong start, beating Microsoft Windows PCs 8 to 2…

Acer cuts laptop shipments in Apple iPad’s post-PC world

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:01 amTuesday, June 28, 201120 Comments

Acer’s significantly lowered estimates include full-size laptops…

Apple makes more profit selling one Mac than HP does from 7 PCs

Friday, June 24, 2011 5:05 pmFriday, June 24, 201132 Comments

Apple brought in $4.976 billion in revenue from the sale of 3.76 million Macs…

HP cuts outlook again citing Windows PC slump, services weakness

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 10:02 am11 Comments

Hewlett-Packard Co. warned of lower-than-expected results…

Microsoft falsely compares MacBook Air to netbooks

Thursday, May 5, 2011 11:00 amThursday, May 5, 201133 Comments

Apple on PC market share with a newly posted Canadian page…

Mac vs. PC: The stereotypes may be true

Friday, April 22, 2011 2:22 pmFriday, April 22, 2011109 Comments

Mac users tend to be younger, more liberal, more fashion-conscious and more likely…

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