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Vista Taking a Nibble Out of Apple in OS Wars?
PetManimal writes "Despite all of the positive buzz about the Mac operating system and the 'halo effect' of iPod sales, Mac OS X market share actually dropped last month, reports Computerworld: 'The share of PowerPC-based Macs fell ... from 4.29% in February to 3.94% in March. That dip was not fully offset by an increase in Intel-based Mac hardware, leading to a overall net decline in Mac share of 0.3%, to 6.08% in March.' Meanwhile, Vista is rising, the article says, with just over 2% of computers connected to the Internet using the new Windows OS. The figures are from a company called Net Applications, which collects its data from the browsers of visitors to its network of 40,000+ Web sites."
I prefer Ubuntu over OSX or Vista, even if I got a "free" copy of OSX or Vista.
I just installed Vista on my machine, and my machine just died. Looks like they're not getting me. "I just installed Vista onto my computer, and it doesn't work LOLOLOLolol!!!!11"
"Snatching defeat from the mouth of victory on a daily basis."
One word - intelligence.
Apple is mostly for the artsy pansies and faggots.
People who have something worthwhile to do use Windows or Linux.
Most Mac fanboys tend to be whiny women or whiny men who might as well be women.
Either way, good to see Apple losing. Hopefully, they'll shut down that faggot fanboy company.
how much of this could be due to dual-booting OSX and Vista on the same machine?
They are all switchers, Microsoft told me so. Apple is dying because people clamoring for the stabbibilty and ease of use of Vista. If you look at the numbers right, they have switched more than half of Apple users already!
Who do these people think they are fooling? Vista does not have 2% of the world's 1E9 internet connected computers, because a large percentage of the 20E6 versions of Vista sold are sitting on store shelves, or the bottom of a shredder.
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.
If you don't know what more than 1 button on a mouse is for, GTFO.
If you think Itunes is a decent music application, GTFO.
If you're still looking for a game that is not photoshop, GTFO.
If the term "Market Share" means nothing to you, GTFO.
I'm really annoyed at the so called real mac users. They seem to be a bunch of snobby bastards who wouldn't try anything else. Just so you know things don't become number 1 being crap. Windows has spent many years at number one because, even though so many people say its crap, it seems to fill the needs of what people need to do. I don't stand behind any OS, they all have their flaws, but i am completely against Mac.
Also Why is it called a "pro mouse" when it has one button? i have a logitech mx500 and i don't even need to move the cursor or touch the keyboard to go back, forward, scroll up and down, and switch applications. Accessibility anyone?