You think they can afford a computer, let alone any of the accessories that you could possibly even justify in buying a mac for?
No, full hardware control will never win them the majority of the market. I really doubt Linux would either, but it is more likely than Mac OSX imho.
apple will never take over. they have 4% share in the US. they are losing share in the rest of the world. simple fact is. windows is "good enough" especially since macs cost too much. macs and computers in general cost even more in most of the world and most of the world is poorer than the US, hence the international share loss.
if apple made mac OS work on every oem generic box, then maybe. but then it'd have more or less the same problems as windows, without the backwards compatibility or the user base. so yeah probably never.
if apple made mac OS work on every oem generic box, then maybe. but then it'd have more or less the same problems as windows, without the backwards compatibility or the user base. so yeah probably never.
Not a chance. In the corporate enviroment Apple has.. ohh about 5-10 years of research left just to equal Microsoft in that area.
Can macs emulate windows and run PC programs and games?
<- Haven't touched a Mac since college. And even then I used protection.
<- Haven't touched a Mac since college. And even then I used protection.
Once your everyday user can run the majority of software on Linux then Windows will have a problem
The starving masses in Africa can't even pay for their own food or get electricity in whatever hut they live in. They won't have to worry about making a decision between vista or linux.
Anyone who's been in to computers for a significant amount of time will know that every 2-3 years or so the whole 'Linux and, to a lesser extent, Linux will be the dominant desktop OS in 2-3 years' crops up.
So no.
So no.
actually, many of them will be running their $100 "computer for every child" machines donated from the West... these remarkable machines have crank handles to generate the small amounts of power to run them... naturally, these machines will run a variant of linux.
No, never.
One of the few appeals Macs have is that they aren't PC's. They get a majority share and then what? People realize that, while they may be useful, just flat out don't have the support that PCs have? Apple's appeal is that the elitist attitude you get when you jump on board and start PC bashing and acting awesome because you're in the minority. A majority share would change this.
To top it off, an under maintained mac (Like you would expect to find at your computer-retarded parent's house) crashes and goes to hell worse than any PC will. Apple's standpoint is that Mac's don't crash and don't get screwed up, so there's no reason to build in a functional and easy to use method of fixing it. At least Microsoft knows that users are going to screw things up and they make it easy to recover.
I am a cross-platform user. I use both Mac and PC on a daily basis at both work and home. I don't hate macs, but they have more flaws than they admit. At least MS/PC's can admit they aren't perfect and make corrections or have readily available fixes.
One of the few appeals Macs have is that they aren't PC's. They get a majority share and then what? People realize that, while they may be useful, just flat out don't have the support that PCs have? Apple's appeal is that the elitist attitude you get when you jump on board and start PC bashing and acting awesome because you're in the minority. A majority share would change this.
To top it off, an under maintained mac (Like you would expect to find at your computer-retarded parent's house) crashes and goes to hell worse than any PC will. Apple's standpoint is that Mac's don't crash and don't get screwed up, so there's no reason to build in a functional and easy to use method of fixing it. At least Microsoft knows that users are going to screw things up and they make it easy to recover.
I am a cross-platform user. I use both Mac and PC on a daily basis at both work and home. I don't hate macs, but they have more flaws than they admit. At least MS/PC's can admit they aren't perfect and make corrections or have readily available fixes.
silverpig
Lifer
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This is a very flawed argument, but it's easy to see why.
98% of the market for PCs comes from Dell/HP/eMachines/Gateway/MDG/etc. People buy "a computer" that comes ready to go. Just like a Mac.
The 2% (or less) of us who actually buy parts, build a system, and install our own OS are obviously going to go with what we can build. Macs don't really appeal to the enthusiast market for the reason that they aren't modular like PCs are.
Full hardware control can get them 98% of the market if they sold cheaper computers than Dell.
If you were in the market for a new laptop, would you get a brand new $600 powerbook or an equivalently spec'd $700 Dell? I'd be willing to wager most people here would go for the powerbook if those prices reflected reality.
Maximilian
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- Feb 8, 2004
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Originally posted by: Soviet
Never, not a chance, no. I dont wanna betray windows, not after all its done for me!
A Mac owner= a pea brained, fluffy poodle owner, with a paid off older volvo.
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