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NPD: U.S. Mac Ownership Grows, But Nearly 85% of Mac Households Also Own Windows PCs
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Doesn't Mac OS X have Internet Sharing as well?
I share my Airport connection (which I get from my cellphone acting as modem via Bluetooth or USB cable) all the time when I am traveling.
There must be a way to share an internet Ethernet connection via Airport.
To the survey:
Don't forget people are coming to Mac OS X from Windows, so of course many of them also (still) own a Windows-based machine.
The survey should have asked, "did you buy a Windows-based machine since you bought your latest Mac" and "why didn't you get rid of your Windows machine yet"?
I share my Airport connection (which I get from my cellphone acting as modem via Bluetooth or USB cable) all the time when I am traveling.
There must be a way to share an internet Ethernet connection via Airport.
To the survey:
Don't forget people are coming to Mac OS X from Windows, so of course many of them also (still) own a Windows-based machine.
The survey should have asked, "did you buy a Windows-based machine since you bought your latest Mac" and "why didn't you get rid of your Windows machine yet"?
I do exactly the same, but i have a hackintosh as my router, and it only manages data from my macbook although i could hook up more if i want.
Uni only allows one ip address per ethernet port so i cant run a switch and most routers only allow one wan connection on the wan port, i need two - one for the DC++ hub here and the other for PPPoE internet. One of the guys here made an app to change network settings to allow DC++ to work at the same time as PPPoE internet (it wont allow both connections on standard settings).
This graph seems to prove Apple computer owns either have a lot of money to spend or they don't mind spending a lot of money on consumer electronics.
Do they count dual-booting PCs as one of each? Otherwise I guess I count only as a Mac person.
I guess this also proves Apple can continue to charge high prices for their products.
Do they count dual-booting PCs as one of each? Otherwise I guess I count only as a Mac person.
I guess this also proves Apple can continue to charge high prices for their products.
That is so true. Although I have found the simple people are the ones who most enjoy the switch to a Mac. It is so much more stable, and since they really don't know how to fight all the little crap that comes up on their PC, it works better for them.
There is, I used to do it all the time when I needed two computers and there was only 1 Ethernet port.
The folks that took the survey did not understand the data to some degree. This fact that 85% of Mac users also own a PC is really good news for Apple I believe. If they had asked the right question of the survey I am sure that they would have found that the PC owned by a Mac user was what they had BEFORE THEY SWITCHED TO A MAC. That is exactly what happened here and with all my friends that have switched in the last couple of years. We still have a PC laying around from our PC days but now are using our Mac(s) and will get rid of the PC once it is old enough that we can justify tossing it out or when someone comes along (another poor family member) that is will to take it.
LOL i feel so proud not being the 85% of people who also own a windows PC. Proud to own 6 Macs & 0 PC's.
Although the majority of Mac users are switchers, its only logic to think that the PC was before they switched to a Mac. Vista has helped Apple big time, You may disagree you windows fans, but its quite true.
I never will own a PC machine as long as I Live
Although the majority of Mac users are switchers, its only logic to think that the PC was before they switched to a Mac. Vista has helped Apple big time, You may disagree you windows fans, but its quite true.
I never will own a PC machine as long as I Live
I really wish someone would hurry up and actually release some malware for a Mac so that I could actually give some validity to this post. I just don't see it happening at this point, or any point in the foreseeable future.
1 PC and 2 Macs in this household:
Mac Mini works great for my HTPC.
Macbook works great for taking to class.
Home-built PC works great for actual work. Dual monitors, easy hardware upgrades, a few programs not available on Macs, and all for a fraction of the cost of a Mac Pro.
I use my PC more than my Macs. Windows 7 is beautiful, and I've had more KP's from either of my Macs in the last year than BSODs from my PC in three years.
Quit drinking the koolaid, guys.
Mac Mini works great for my HTPC.
Macbook works great for taking to class.
Home-built PC works great for actual work. Dual monitors, easy hardware upgrades, a few programs not available on Macs, and all for a fraction of the cost of a Mac Pro.
I use my PC more than my Macs. Windows 7 is beautiful, and I've had more KP's from either of my Macs in the last year than BSODs from my PC in three years.
Quit drinking the koolaid, guys.
I own 2 Macs and a PC. The PC is my most recent purchase, I find the PC is better at being a PC than a Mac with Bootcamp or Parallels.
We've also got another 2 PCs in the household.
We've also got another 2 PCs in the household.
We started out with only Windows computers then bought four macs in one year: 15" MBP, Mac Pro, MB, iMac. Bought another 15" Windows laptop and still have and use that one as well.
On vacations though we only bring the MB and MBP. We have a Sprint broadband card that we can share the connection between both notebooks and there is no need to but internet in hotels or even use their free connections if they have them. Both of the notebooks also have XP via Bootcamp.
It's so much easier to do things on a Mac though.
On vacations though we only bring the MB and MBP. We have a Sprint broadband card that we can share the connection between both notebooks and there is no need to but internet in hotels or even use their free connections if they have them. Both of the notebooks also have XP via Bootcamp.
It's so much easier to do things on a Mac though.
Same here. My main computers will always be Macs, but until Macintosh offers a cheap netbook (in other words when hell freezes over), I'll use my HP Mini for quick net browsing and for writing.
I highly recommend checking this out:
http://www.untangle.com/
Little nicer than using Windows as a router.
Anyway, in regards to the article:
So what? Who says you have to use just one OS? I've got 3 Windows machines at home, 2 Linux machines, a Mac, and a firewall running a specialized Linux distro. I don't see why anyone has to limit themselves to one OS.
I wonder where this falls within the survey...
It is because they own PC's, that they now own Macs as well?
It is because they own PC's, that they now own Macs as well?
"Owns" 2 PCs...
... using them as parts to repair clients' machines. Using 5 Macs--two iMacs, a G4 Mac Mini, 1st-gen Intel Macbook Pro and a G3 iBook.
All see fairly regular use, though the G3 is approaching retirement after 8 years.
... using them as parts to repair clients' machines. Using 5 Macs--two iMacs, a G4 Mac Mini, 1st-gen Intel Macbook Pro and a G3 iBook.
All see fairly regular use, though the G3 is approaching retirement after 8 years.
Speaking of Kool-aid©...
Ok, so you saved a bundle of money by building it yourself. Congratulations. You, however, are not an 'average consumer.' You exclude yourself from the list by your own words.
While I understand the occasional Kernel Panic, in every case for me, it was due to some stupidity on my part. I haven't had a KP since I adoped Leopard, 2 years ago. Windows BSOD? After Vista SP2, I have to agree. Maybe 7 will fix the rest of their problems. Even so, it seems more Kernel Panics occur because you try to do things the 'Windows way' rather than learning the UNIX way. OS X is obviously different--things are simply done differently, and usually done more simply than Windows.
Ok, so you saved a bundle of money by building it yourself. Congratulations. You, however, are not an 'average consumer.' You exclude yourself from the list by your own words.
While I understand the occasional Kernel Panic, in every case for me, it was due to some stupidity on my part. I haven't had a KP since I adoped Leopard, 2 years ago. Windows BSOD? After Vista SP2, I have to agree. Maybe 7 will fix the rest of their problems. Even so, it seems more Kernel Panics occur because you try to do things the 'Windows way' rather than learning the UNIX way. OS X is obviously different--things are simply done differently, and usually done more simply than Windows.
No, you're looking at it all wrong. They are increasing their share of the market by 33% every year, (from 9 to 12). That means that next year it will be 16%, the year after 21.33% etc. This will continue until 117% of households own a mac in just 9 short years. Over 1000% of households will own a mac in 17 years. The power of maths.
Beautiful? I'm using it and it's definitely better than any other version of Windows to date, but beautiful???
It appears koolaid comes in Redmond flavor too.
Or that people who need windows around for whatever reason buy a cheap windows PC instead of wasting hard drive space with bootcamp.
Or that some mac users picked up uber-cheap netbooks, or that their kids needed windows pcs around to play games/for schoolwork, or their S.O. refuses to switch to macs...
There's a lot of reasons why someone might be primarily a mac user and still use windows sometimes.
Does making a living developing for the Windows platform through VMWare Fusion count?
Actually, I guess we own a Windows XP-based netbook for my toddler daughters to play on.
Actually, I guess we own a Windows XP-based netbook for my toddler daughters to play on.