Comments on: Mac OS X market share accelerates in 2008

By: artstarandrew

artstarandrew — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:58:01 +0000

Mac OSX can overtake Windows if Apple releases its software…which will never happen or is not likely to happen due to Apple’s insistence that there hardware and OS are made for one another and that PC hardware will not give “OSX-on-PC” users the desired quality of use. The brand is one of the best and most recognizable in the world. People think that iPod was just an innovation, no it was a selling tool because all those iPod-buying teens are going to one day go away to college and they are going to remember that little apple logo on the back of their iPod. And what kind of computer do you think they will gravitate towards? And those same teens aren’t buying for the OS so much as the whole package hardware and software; unified. Until Windows can do that they will lose some market share. But Windows will never lose totally to Apple if Apple doesn’t release their software.

By: sunil

sunil — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:29:21 +0000

mac is the best…………
mac is number one. windows fails in future. mac is innovation. mac is amazing.

By: cesar_spain

cesar_spain — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:44:38 +0000

Dear all:

It is not possible MAC to pass Windows, since MAC sell HW+SW and very expensive prices. Do you think in Colombia, Brazil, India, China … are going to pay 1000 EUR for a PC ? I don’t thing so.

Apple has a very specific market segment, Microsft is by far wider segment. In my opinion, the real thread for Microsft is Linux, a MAC’s brother(stability, security and developed based in long term principles, since unix). The amount of SW available in Open Source channels is just amazing. It is missing few important applications (MS Office, DirectX based apps, …) and it’s done. Many countries (such China, European public institutions, …) will embrace this platform (many already did).

So, there is no comparison available between MAC and Windows, two complete different worlds, two complete different targets. MAC is innovation and creativity, Windows is massive, same SW for any PC. Comparison should be done between Linux/Windows.

Since Linux is so similar to MAC, same applications can run easily in both platform, with little effort. The only propietary stuff in MAC is a) Cocoa Libs+Desktop b) PDF rendering from Adobe. The rest, open source and common to other Unix (specially BSD).

So, let’s see how things evolve.

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By: ayaw

ayaw — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:36:46 +0000

Mac OS X already can run on general non-apple computer with the EFI hack. We just need an usb-stick to boot Leopard DVD and install it.

The limitation is only because Apple restrict it to be installed on non-Apple hardware. If Apple changed their terms, I think os x will win in short time.

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