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| Thread ID: 81518 | 2007-07-30 03:53:00 | Vapourware speculation as to what "might" be included in Windows 7 | winmacguy (3367) | PC World Chat |
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| 574173 | 2007-07-31 11:07:00 | Win...........if you have a spare Mac, send it down to me & I will evaluate it. PJ:nerd: Aren't all Mac's spare? Or is that "Spare me from the Mac"? ;) |
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| 574174 | 2007-07-31 12:05:00 | Programmers are actually making a gradual shift to Apple which was recently noted in MacWorld UK (about a 5% increase). yes i do realise that, but my thinking is that there will be a critical tipping point at which the market share of apple is big enough to make programming for it a neccesity in order to stay competitive, and i think that isn't too far off. (and imho, if you're going to quote pro-mac stats plz don't get them from macworld as it's one of the biggest apple marketing/propaganda machines out there :2cents: ) |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 574175 | 2007-07-31 12:06:00 | Aren't all Mac's spare? Or is that "Spare me from the Mac"? ;) LOL |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 574176 | 2007-08-01 02:16:00 | yes i do realise that, but my thinking is that there will be a critical tipping point at which the market share of apple is big enough to make programming for it a neccesity in order to stay competitive, and i think that isn't too far off. (and imho, if you're going to quote pro-mac stats plz don't get them from macworld as it's one of the biggest apple marketing/propaganda machines out there :2cents: ) MacWorld UK was where I read the stat and they are probably "pro Mac" because they are a UK Mac news website. Apple is "competitive" just not in a PC market share sense, they are very strong financially. People (Scientists, engineers, education, musicians, video editing/TV) tend to use Macs because they want to rather than "because they come with the job" like PCs. There are probably more situations in US corporates where employees are given the choice of PC or Mac as their preferred OS when they start with a company being that a lot of college students are now choosing Macs over PCs so they continue on with their Mac when they move into the workforce. The iPhone is also paving the way for more Macs in the workforce as more PC users swap their Blackberries for iPhones. In terms of programming for the Mac platform, it already happens in more places and with more software than you would think. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 574177 | 2007-08-01 07:12:00 | ok, show of hands if you want to pay for your IT guys to deal with a combination of macs and windows and will go further still to get any specialist software to run on both systems..... looks like the same "businesspoeple" who think it's ok to go without their phone for a few days while the battery is being replaced, and don't seem to realise even a high-end nokia from last year wipes the floor with the iphone |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 574178 | 2007-08-01 07:21:00 | You have probably never been through any marketing departments, printers, design studios, Wanganui School of Design (just ask Metla) Christian School in Albany, St Cuthberts School, Pt England School in Pt Chev, Massey Uni in Palmy, AUT (I think), Media Design School, Nat Coll etc. They all run Mac/Windows environments with Xserves and Windows servers. There is a lot more xplatform software than you realise. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 574179 | 2007-08-01 07:47:00 | no i haven't, but i've been through many more single-os places than what you just listed. i'm not saying that mac/windows environments don't exist, i'm saying that right now they aren't as attractive as using a single OS. i also said that mac systems are going to continue to spread unless MS does something before they lose their advantage of still being the norm. and that isn't just blending the two, i mean companies going solely mac - which i'm sure you would call a good thing, no? |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 574180 | 2007-08-01 08:23:00 | no i haven't, but i've been through many more single-os places than what you just listed. i'm not saying that mac/windows environments don't exist, i'm saying that right now they aren't as attractive as using a single OS. i also said that mac systems are going to continue to spread unless MS does something before they lose their advantage of still being the norm. and that isn't just blending the two, i mean companies going solely mac - which i'm sure you would call a good thing, no? Actually I would say that that would be unlikely as there are a number of areas that Apple is not interested in moving into such as the CRM and ERP areas. These would be likely to remain the sole area of Windows. It would be more likely to have a greater inclusion of Macs being accepted into more areas of the workplace along side the likes of Linux/Sun etc. Apple has its areas that it will always remain strong in which I have previously mentioned. These are the areas that earn the most for Apple. Some info on the Xserve that you might not be familiar with www.apple.com I think that MS is possibly turning into the IBM of old. This is the type of situation that I am describing from a Computer world article earlier in July "AWC will begin systematically pulling the plug on all Windows-based PCs in its cavernous auto processing shop and power up Macs to execute virtually all of its revenue-generating operations. The move comes on the heels of a quiet wholesale replacement of Windows-based servers for data storage and Web operations, which are now running on Apple Inc.’s Xserve RAID machines. computerworld.com |
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