if you're in a university the chances are most of the computers around you will be macs.
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(funny side-note: We had a linux obsessed lecturer who spent 2 hours shouting at everyone in the room for being on a mac or windows machine, and he stood there with his laptop giving a presentation. Literally as he said "those crappy closed source operating systems are so unreliable" his laptop locked up. Needless to say the lecture ended at that point. :d)
Really nuts.
Apple should have two OS for Mac, OS X and Windows. If Apple wants to grow PC market share, pre-install Windows on Mac.
Some schools now include a computer as part of tuition. I am not trying to throw doubt into the mix - but it is possible that picture is taken at one of those schools. I'm genuinely curious about that picture now...
If you're in a university the chances are most of the computers around you will be macs.
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(Funny side-note: We had a linux obsessed lecturer who spent 2 hours shouting at everyone in the room for being on a Mac or Windows machine, and he stood there with his laptop giving a presentation. Literally as he said "Those crappy closed source operating systems are so unreliable" his laptop locked up. Needless to say the lecture ended at that point. )
Apple should have two OS for Mac, OS X and Windows. If Apple wants to grow PC market share, pre-install Windows on Mac.
Do MSFT a favour and up the price of a Mac unit?
it is nuts.
I know I predicted that people would think the idea is nuts, largely because forum readers often don't truly think about others' ideas but just react on gut instinct. It would be nice though if you could explain why you think its nuts given the way Apple is set up today.Really nuts.
I don't think they want to - Apple see the future in tablets.
Apple sell primarily sell hardware - the O/S and other software is a vehicle to do so. Offering OSX for windows PC wouldn't do them much good.
Apple don't have to support a lot of hardware at the moment - a restricted set - they'd be expected support a whole lot more if they made OSX universally available to all AMD/Intel based PCs. Not doing so would result in bad P.R.
I'd like to point our that these statistics include tablets as PC's. Sorry but a tablet is it's own category now, give apple the market share advantage where it deserves it.
Some are gonna think this is nuts, but I actually think that Apple should consider licensing Mac OS again. The times have changed, and the Macintosh is no longer Apple's primary revenue/profit maker - the iOS ecosystem is.
If you look at the Mac as a companion to an iOS ecosystem, then there is little harm done in experimenting with the license of MacOS again. I think Apple's hardware sales will take only a minor hit, as many buy Macs for their industrial design now adays, and Apple could make some nice side cash in licensing fees, espeically if the license is more than the $25 that it charges via Mac App store.
Fleshed out more here.
If you're in a university the chances are most of the computers around you will be macs.
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(Funny side-note: We had a linux obsessed lecturer who spent 2 hours shouting at everyone in the room for being on a Mac or Windows machine, and he stood there with his laptop giving a presentation. Literally as he said "Those crappy closed source operating systems are so unreliable" his laptop locked up. Needless to say the lecture ended at that point. )
If Apple had shipped the 2012 iMac in a timely fashion, they probably could have taken 2nd. I lay that failure, then and ongoing now, squarely at the feet of Tim Cook. If there were going to be such yield problems and production constraints, and DigiTimes knew about them in June, then the correct move would have been to do a spec bump with Ivy in July/August, and save the redesign for 2013.
Third place is pretty good considering they don't sell PC's!
Further, I know that far more iOS users will pay for apps than will Android users. I expect that I'd find a similar situation with OS X users as opposed to Windows/*x users.
No.
I'm a developer. I have developed OS X, iOS, Java (so that it'll run on OS X & Windows), and Android apps. I love developing for OS X and iOS because I know what kinds of hardware to expect it to be run on. I know that most computers running OS X have multitouch surfaces, for example (either the Magic Mouse, the Magic Trackpad, or the Trackpad built into MacBooks.) I know which screen sizes and resolutions to have. I know whether a camera will be present. On and on. I hate making Java or Android apps because there are thousands, potentially millions, of different hardware configurations.
Further, I know that far more iOS users will pay for apps than will Android users. I expect that I'd find a similar situation with OS X users as opposed to Windows/*x users. Thus, though I can only sell my apps to a small portion of users relative to if I could sell them for every platform, I can keep the time in development and maintain down (less spaghetti code to handle every possible hardware set up,) and ensure a better, consistent experience for the users I do support.
So, at the least, cross the first bullet point off of the list you give in your article.
Further, I know that far more iOS users will pay for apps than will Android users. I expect that I'd find a similar situation with OS X users as opposed to Windows/*x users.
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Probably not as well as you'd think. As far as the PC market is concerned, Apple has always had a much stronger following in the US than it is elsewhere. They have their following, but it's pretty small compared to what it is here in the states.
Sorry, but that argument only really works in the mobile/iOS arena. It has never worked on the Mac. Apple has always supported external monitors which support all kinds of different display resolutions, and Apple also supports all sorts of 3rd party input devices on Mac.
I'm a software engineer and develop software as a job, and it is a dangerous and not good coding practice to try to rely on only a certain set of display resolutions in a desktop OS environment (meaning, non-mobile).
So tell me how well I'm thinking Apple is doing world wide in computer sales.
Pffff, you're no software engineer! Every good software engineer designs UIs for 800x600 and leaves it at that.
I think it was reported here not too long ago that iPads and other table devices sold more units than desktop computers in a recent quarter.Wondering what this looks like if you consider a "tablet" a PC.
I'd like to point our that these statistics include tablets as PC's. Sorry but a tablet is it's own category now, give apple the market share advantage where it deserves it.