Apple no longer a graphics powerhouse?

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: pinki
and then reality sets in....

if you havent forgot apple has about 10% of the software hardware market correct

can you name any other single company that has that much grip on the entire pc industry

none

intel has about 80 percent of the x86 cpu market which is less than 10% of the whole industry so 80% of 10% is 8% which is still less than apple

microsoft has a huge grip on the market as well with abouty 95% x86 os market which is 9.5 percent of the total market

if you buy apple you buy from apple

if you buy x86 you could buy from any company you want you could avoid microsoft or avoid paying them you could go amd not intel if you but apple you buy apple

same senario with ati and nvida even though nvia has more market share ati has been making more money caus ethey have been making their own cards not just selling chips

I think that's kindof some silly reasoning and some bogus facts. Let me make sure I have this straight...Apple has more of the industry than intel or microsoft?? Where did you get that x86 is only 10 percent of the total market? What market? All of technology including hardware, software, telecommunications etc? Please explain. I'm very confused.

 

[BenSkywalker]

same senario with ati and nvida even though nvia has more market share ati has been making more money

Last I saw ATi was losing money, nVidia was still profiting a decent amount.

Apple's market share based on the latest data is slightly less then 3% of the consumer market. MS is over 90% by comparison.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: Spicedaddy

Originally posted by: Smilin

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I'm not even going to bother to point out all the gross inaccuracies in your statement.

hehe yeah, 133Mhz SDR FSB hehe. You'd think apple has never heard of DDR. He's gonna get flamed so bad in this. I'm gonna come back in a couple days and see what it's degenerated to on page 3.

The latest G4 (1.25 and 1.42 GHz) still uses a 166MHz SDR FSB. The 1 GHz uses 133MHz SDR FSB. Should I flame you now or wait for page 3?

no the latest G4 uses 166Mhz FSB with DDR333 1.25Ghz dual G4

plus the Mac is not faster, but easier to use for the average joe schmo and has NO FONT CONFLICTS! This is my major gripe on the PC when you use alot of fonts for DTP apps it goes wacky.

 

[Keeksy]

I'm a Mac user because I prefer the Mac OS to Windows, and I like Apple notebooks.

Macs have fallen behind in performance, but that's no suprise. The G4 was competitive with Intel and AMDs offering when it was first released, but it took Motorola 18 whole months to come out with anything faster, and by that time, they were way behind. Apple isn't entirely screwed, though. Rumor has is it they're switching to a new 64-bit architexture which put them on equal standing with x86 world. Better do it quick before too many loyal Mac artists jump ship, and Adobe does more damage to the company.