Why Microsoft should fear Apple.

Sorry Guys, you know me I have to post this or die :wink:

Why Microsoft should fear Apple:
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/28/fearapple/index.php

That said, Macs go bad less often than Windows PCs. Mac users are more productive than Windows users because Macs experience fewer problems. There’s nothing mystical about it either. There are some obvious reasons why this is the case: The Mac is a closed hardware/software system. The OS isn’t forced to contend with a vast variety of hardware, and the hardware is carefully vetted so that it works perfectly with the software. Apple controls the horizontal; it controls the vertical. The hardware and software are a matched set.

Also another good read is:

Why Mac users shouldn’t fear microsoft:
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macword/2007/03/nofear/index.php

Hey, we all get to run all the Mac programs we love and the Windows software we must. Who else but Mac users gets to do that? Nobody else, that’s who.

Thanks for the links Mac. Interesting articles, and from my perspective, it’s hard to argue with them.

Say, isn’t the author of the first one, the guy that just shaved his head, and got an “I love Apple” tattoo? Seems I read something about that in the news.

Stand by, some people are just waking up, and haven’t logged in yet. :slight_smile:

MAC has less problems than Windows? I don’t know for sure the percentage of MAC’s to Windows OS in the world but if MAC users totaled 10% of computers I think I’m being generous. Just for ducks I did a Google on “MAC Problems” Results 1 - 100 of about 47,400,000. What would the numbers be if MAC’s were the dominate OS?

The search isn’t scientific but interesting.

a61 worldwide Mac Market share is somewhere between 2.6-3% last time i read anything on it. then linux/unix has a small market too and the rest is Microsoft

also the reason there are so many search results is anytme there is a problem with the mac it is plasted all over the news and internet, whereas microsoft can release 20 patches in a week and get one article from it ::slight_smile:

Interesting article Mac, I’m thinking my next computer may be a Mac :slight_smile:

Justin, I know you like linux too so remember there are many linux distros that run on macs. Just about any will run on an intel mac and there are quite a few with PowerPC version as well

Sure, why not just triple boot, and you can rule the world!

http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/Triple_Boot_via_BootCamp

hey mac…now you can phone home on a iphone ;D
There hasn’t been much to say about the iPhone recently, it’s just been a matter of waiting patiently for the big launch. The big news today? If Declan McCullagh from News.com is correct, the iPhone will be released on June 11th!
This effort didn’t require digging deep for an answer, all it took was calling Cingular and asking a Customer Service Manager when the launch would be. No prying, no fighting, they simply responded June 11th. Who woulda thought it would be so easy?
As Declan also points out, June 11th is the start of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. Coincidence? Probably not.

http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-6171953.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=newsick
click on pic to enlarge ::slight_smile:
sorry off topic but its related to apple i think ??? 8)

I used SuSE Linux for a year. Linux is great. It just isn’t quite there yet. One thing it does have going for it over Windows and Macs is the amount of software that is available. And it doesn’t have to cost you anything. Downside is that it is complex for an inexperienced user. Upside is that it is virtually virus proof and doesn’t need a lot of tinkering with, which can make it a boring OS for some people. Someday the Linux community is going to exceed Microsoft and Macs in the home markets. It will take longer, if ever, for the business community. The PC industry is still, and always has been, a seller’s market. But as far as operating systems go Linux is the one that is bullet proof. It just isn’t for everyone. Yet.

You should try Ubuntu Linux, it is the most “user-proof” distro I have ever used (and I’ve used everything; Slackware, Red Hat/Fedora, Suse, Storm, even an old UMSDOS based system called Dragon Linux). IMO Ubuntu is the closest thing to a Windows-like experience in Linux.

As for Apple, my opinion of them has changed over the years. I used to think of them as the elitist snob of the computer world. They were more about image than substance (candy-colored computers that look pretty on your desk, but don’t do much). Once Apple found its niche in the world of digital media, especially imaging, my opinion changed some. You can’t argue with the abilities of Apple in that field and Windows or Linux PCs can’t compare (but they are getting closer).

I don’t believe Microsoft fears Apple nor should they. In fact, Microsoft has embraced Apple by providing the second MS “killer app”, Microsoft Office to the Mac environment. Bill Gates isn’t an idiot. Even if Apple only occupies 3% of the PC market, that’s potentially 3% more profits in his pockets if he can sell Office to Mac users.

The article does make one excellent point; Microsoft is so integrated into the worldwide PC marketplace, with over 92% of PCs worldwide running some version of Windows, that it would take an act of God for Apple to become a significant threat to Microsoft’s dominance. I’m actually okay with that. The PC marketplace needed to get some kind of universal standard if it was ever to become a viable industry. I’m not sure Microsoft was the correct standard to follow, but we never would have had the PC boom of the 1990’s if Windows hadn’t taken over. Heck, the internet would probably still be some DARPA research project that a handful science geeks use for MUDs and little else.

For me, Kubuntu is closer to Windows than Ubuntu, i.e., KDE is closer than Gnome environment. 8)

Some additional information for others who are reading this thread, who aren’t familiar with Ubuntu Linux…

Kubuntu uses the KDE desktop environment, and as Tech has said, think of the crisp look of the Windows desktop when viewing.

Ubuntu uses the GNOME desktop environment. Think of GNOME as having the softer look of a Mac.

To further confuse you, you can install the alternate desktop on whatever you started with, and switch between the two.

Ain’t choice a grand thing? :slight_smile:

Tech, I think he’s referring to the “point and click” GUI, with menus, etc., similar to Windows, of either desktop environment, is the most Windows like experience in Linux. I agree, though SUSE is pretty good too.

Exactly. Unlike many other Linux distros, the Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Edubuntu distros are based on operating completely in a GUI environment with a minimal new user learning curve, while still allowing for console operations for those of us who prefer the “old school” method of doing things. Unlike Windows, it won’t allow users to easily damage the system (i.e. “Whoops, I deleted a file and now the PC won’t boot”) while not actually restricting the day-to-day usage of the machine. My 9 year old is able to sit down in front of an Ubuntu box and navigate just as well as he does on a Windows machine and I don’t worry about him installing a spyware-ridden screen saver or other app like I do with Windows.

Boy did we get off-topic. Microsoft… Apple… fear, there, back on topic.

iJet

http://www.heliumreport.com/private-jets/apple-ijet-if-apple-got-into-the-private-jet-business-000786.php

Yes, I understood that most would run with the Intel Macs, and a lot of other distros run on PowerPC, although I won’t need to worry about it. If I decide to get a Mac when it’s time to replace my computer, it will be brand new :slight_smile:

Boy i really like Ubuntu aswell it’s just that my soundcard doesn’t work under linux at all. There are no linux drivers for x-fi yet. :cry:

I see from the link that linux drivers are to be available in the “second quarter of 2007”, which coincidentally starts today…

http://www.leenooks.com/Creative+X-FI

Yes i know all that ( i read it somewhere on Creative’s web site ) and i am hoping they will be here soon, however knowing Creative those first drivers will be full of bugs and non functional features. I hope they will be at least able to play my mp3’s. I don’t care about anything else but i just cannot live without my music. And i am starting to miss Amarok aswell ! A real shame it doesn’t get ported over to windows … Thanks for the link BTW !

I’m still waiting for Apple to allow me to add OSX or Leopard
to my Windows XP2 system running on an Intel Duo. :slight_smile:

Don’t hold your breath :wink: