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Microsoft Says It Is Winning Its New War Against Macs (cultofmac.com)

Posted by msmash on from the at-Apple's-expense dept.

Windows PCs are starting to chip away at Apple's strong grip of the high-end computer market, Microsoft CFO Amy Hood said on an earnings call Thursday. From a report: Microsofts licensing business, which sells Windows to third-party PC makers, was up 5 percent last quarter, confirmed CFO Amy Hood during an earnings call on Thursday. The "non-pro" (consumer) market grew 5 percent, beating the overall decline of the PC industry. "Our partner ecosystem continued to see growth and share gains in the Windows premium device category," Hood continued. Those gains would have eaten into Apple's share of that market, which has been dominated by Macs until recently. There are other things that could have contributed to this, of course. Many long-time Mac users have been somewhat disappointed with Apple's most recent releases, which come with big changes that not everyone is willing to embrace.

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  1. I suppose by wickerprints · · Score: 5, Funny

    If your enemy shoots themselves in the foot, that doesn't mean your aim has improved. Microsoft products still suck; they just suck a lot less relative to how much worse Apple products have become.

  2. It Is Impressive! by HannethCom · · Score: 5, Funny

    While Apple has decided to roll over and die, Microsoft shoved a fork in their eye (Windows 8), shoved a fork in their other eye (Windows 8.1), then tried falling on their own sword (Windows 10) and finally are wiggling around the sword trying to hit a major organ, vein, or artery. (Anniversary Update)

    Yes, I think Microsoft's OS is better, but they both seem to be trying to get the golden raspberry.

    --
    Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon what's the difference? All steal money from devs and control with walled gardens.
    1. Re: It Is Impressive! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      So you recommend Raspbian then?

  3. Re:Yeah right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    All my friends have ditched Windows 10 and gone to MacOS.
    Several have lost work due to updates and reboots. These aren't IT people.
    The spying and constant messing around with the system were enough for them.
    OSX/MacOS isn't perfect but for them it is a whole lot better for average users than W10.

    That's plural and therefore wrong.

  4. Re: Nope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    However, you can't build iOS apps.

    Apple: you need to do something about this: port your iOS build environment to linux before you kill the mac.