Switching: from Mac to PC ?

1) The Internet: Macs aren’t compatible with .Net websites. Not a big deal now, but .Net is growing and as it does Macs become less Internet compatible.

2) Windows Media Player. It looks like MS has stopped development for the Mac Version. More and more sites only stream in WMP and more downloads are only available as .wmv. Even today with the addition on VLC Player I can’t play many .wmv files. So Macs will only continue to be less compatible.

3) MS Office Suite: MS is incorporating DRM into its future versions of Office for Windows. Who knows if they will do the same for the Mac platform? This would create incompatibility between the two platforms. Even if both Office suites were fully compatible the Mac version would be viewed as a “lesser” product.

4) Direct: We already know Apple is inferior as a gaming platform, but that can only get worse as MS develops its own games with Direct X.

Believe me I love my Mac and OS X, but I am worried about the future. I don’t want to be left in the dark by using a Mac. I am sick of feeling like a second-class citizen to Windows. I am sick of “We offer no Mac Support.” I am tired of second-class software ported to the Mac; and tired of poor Mac drivers.

I hate MS and their business practices, but it seems like they own too many technologies. Apple really needs to find a way to significantly improve their market share. No one caters to 3%. Apple needs to make some dramatic changes—whether that’s allowing Mac clones again, changing to x86 or releasing an OS X x86 version for PCs. I know many of you hate these ideas, but look at MS stronghold on technology. Yeah Macs are a little cheaper, but the price decline on PCs is even greater. I think something dramatic needs to be done to keep the Mac as a viable platform for developers.

Sure the Mac can survive for a while, with Apple making decent profits on each Mac sold, but eventually the market share and Microsoft’s technologies will make the Mac too incompatible with the real world. I know even if the Mac died Apple could still flourish with their other technologies (Final Cut, iLife, DVD Studio Pro) made for the PC, but we don’t want that. When we think of Apple we think of Mac. After all the Mac is Steve’s baby and mine too!

Eniregnat said:

You are not a Mac user, and there is nothing wrong with it. I don't expect that everybody wants or needs a Mini-Cooper in America. (Heck it's metric, why buy more tools. So if one car dosn't fit every lifestyle, why should one OS fit every person. Cooper has less than 1% of the market share, and I don't think that any body sees it dissapearing any time soon.

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I am a Mac user--a concerned Mac user (3 years now)--not a troll. My concern is for Apple not against. I wasn't criticizing the Mac platform. I love OS X--it's beauty, elegance, stability. Expose is amazing! I am just criticizing my perceived decline of compatiability because of Microsoft's proprietary technologies.

I hate that MS copies everything from Apple. As mentioned above Ms has no innovation. It's sad that an inferior platform is the norm.

Marketshare is important however, because we need developers to continue to support Mac. Many don't and we don't need it to get any worse.

That's what my whole premise is: Increase Macs marketshare, thus increasing its compatiability and viability.