I think Apple does an excellent job of supporting older hardware. However, reports have stated that Leopard will NOT support G3 systems.
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I think Apple does an excellent job of supporting older hardware. However, reports have stated that Leopard will NOT support G3 systems.
Whatever the case
There are more Macs out there than ever before, and if that quantity keeps rising, the Mac is here to stay (they do need replacing eventually too
), so new Macs for us for the foreseable future are guaranteed, and if the get a bigger part of the market, even better 
There are more Macs out there than ever before, and if that quantity keeps rising, the Mac is here to stay (they do need replacing eventually too
), so new Macs for us for the foreseable future are guaranteed, and if the get a bigger part of the market, even better 
Just noticed Apple is up over $2.50 in pre-trading this morning - is this the news that's driving it?
Highest of the last decade
Back in the day they were on double digits... bring back the 80's!
haha that was waaay before stupid dell became popular...
For some historical perspective, see the Ars Technica article
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/total-share.ars/1
in particular:
Thanks for the link. What was interesting to me was the lack of 1975-1984 data in this plot, but I found it in the article. From that it looks like Apple has always had a small share of the pie, even back in the day when the Apple ][ was the computer found in every school computer lab, etc...
Amazing that the Trash-80 share was so much higher. I expected the C64, but not the Trash-80.
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Does anyone know which big corporations/companies use Macs? Everyone keeps saying there is a move from Windows to Mac in the business world, but I can't think of any companies that use Macs
Does anyone know which big corporations/companies use Macs? Everyone keeps saying there is a move from Windows to Mac in the business world, but I can't think of any companies that use Macs
In other financial news, Apple's market capitalization has now exceeded that of Dell and Motorola.
Rocketman
Rocketman
Does anybody know apples' marketshare in the EU? Or if that's not available, in an EU country? I would like to know that.
Last I looked they were only about $4bn behind HP. Not bad at all considering the gap used to be about $55bn not that long ago, and HP has nearly doubled in value since.
It is somewhat disapoining that Lenovo isn't on the list but mixed in with Others, If I couldn't get a Mac my second choice would be a ThinkPad. The Other guys on that list really make me sick to my stomach because all the ones of those brands I have seen and worked with are POS.
I always find these numbers interesting because I assume they only include the portion of the market that purchases a "whole computer" or a "whole system". I have always (except in the '80's) built my own system by purchasing components and I'm seeing a lot more traffic on the websites that sell components over the last few years. Just thinking out loud. I wonder what that number is - I think it should definitely be a part of those figures.
Rich
Rich
What are you kidding? The reason Windows has so many issues is the fact that it supports endless amounts of hardware/software dating back forever. Comparatively, Apple only has to worry about VERY few different hardware configurations. Microsoft, has to deal with almost infinite configurations. Is it as elegant and easy to use as OSX, not exactly, but Windows absolutely dominates the compatibility market.
WOW .... not !!!!!
Steve Jobs finally managed to get Apple's share back to where it was when he rejoined Apple. Great Job(s) ...... not
Not to diminish his other great accomplishments of course .....
Steve Jobs finally managed to get Apple's share back to where it was when he rejoined Apple. Great Job(s) ...... not
Not to diminish his other great accomplishments of course .....
Mmmmm, I'm not sure that's exactly a stiff competition.
That's why we buy from Apple instead.
Ford Motor Company has been installing Macs on their assembly lines to manage parts flow while assembling cars and trucks. I know that is just a small application, however if they work well maybe they will consider using them in other applications as well.
Link: http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/12/19/miniford/index.php
Me three
I sold my PowerMac G4 two months ago in anticipation of the new iMac and have been macless since then. Not funny!
That's nonsense.
I own a 5+ year old iBook G3 (blazing along at a whopping 600 Mhz
Where do you get this idea that Apple is gearing OS X so it pushes older systems into the unsupported category? From what I can tell, they're doing a fantastic job retaining compatibility with older hardware--certainly better than what I've seen with Windows XP.
I have a 7-year-old iMac G3 and it runs OS 9 since OSX can't run on it. It's too old and doesn't have enough HD space (6GB) for OSX. It's being replaced whenever the new iMac comes out.
I always find these numbers interesting because I assume they only include the portion of the market that purchases a "whole computer" or a "whole system". I have always (except in the '80's) built my own system by purchasing components and I'm seeing a lot more traffic on the websites that sell components over the last few years. Just thinking out loud. I wonder what that number is - I think it should definitely be a part of those figures.
Rich
I think "independent builders" would be a part of "others".
Wouldn't this be contrary to Apple's business, which involves selling things? If consumers don't need to buy either their hardware or software, how do they stay afloat while they wait for Windows to fade away?