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In Reply to: RE: Apple & Mac OS X Poised to take Marketshare ? posted by AbeCollins on June 12, 2009 at 09:20:50

Windows 7 will no doubt keep and add to MS users. This OS will be the king of the hill for sometime to come regardless of what 1000 ITs think. From statistics, Vista has more than 300 million users. So much for it being all crap. lol

I didn't like the first release of Vista, but by the 2nd update it ran without a glitch. The newest Vista is a smooth running OS IME!

Windows 7 will be a juggernaut!

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RE: After 7 months of use - Stale 12:54:56 06/13/09 (1)
"Vista has more than 300 million users"

Hello, lost logic somewhere?
What does the number of users have to do with quality. The largest number of TV users in the world use Zenit TV, it does not make it any better.

I am one of the Vista users, unfortunately, and use it only because new notebook came with it and my wife is using it. It is pathetic product.

My old clunker PC runs XP and Ubuntu and XP only because some software is not available for Linux.
- RE: After 7 months of use - Gmood1 08:13:53 06/14/09 (0)
  Hello.. have you tried Windows 7? You may want to give it a go before throwing the baby out with the bath water. It is a terrific operating system. Give it a go why don't you..it is free to try.
  I use Windows 7 RC on all three PCs at home. Before that I used the Beta versions. At work they still use Windows XP. I find myself trying to perform task at work, like I would do at home. Windows 7 is a millennium ahead of old XP which is very clunky IMO.
  It is frustrating at times adjusting back to XP on a daily basis for me. I've had OSX here for a trial run..sorry fellows Windows 7 smokes it very easily in use. Even for the most entrenched hater of MS , Windows 7 will be hard not to like. lol
  
  Edits: 06/14/09 06/14/09
Follow me! - AbeCollins 15:34:59 06/12/09 (11)
"From statistics, Vista has more than 300 million users. So much for it being all crap"

And crowds behave like sheep. Fast food is good for you too! So much for it being all crap. ;-)
- All I can say - Gmood1 15:51:36 06/12/09 (10)
  is keep dreaming of a Mac world.Not going to happen any time soon! We'll let the bottom line do the talking.Right now the bottom line is 87.75% in MS favor.
  - RE: All I can say - Phelonious Ponk 12:27:11 06/14/09 (7)
    "is keep dreaming of a Mac world.Not going to happen any time soon! We'll let the bottom line do the talking.Right now the bottom line is 87.75% in MS favor."
    
    -- Yes, down from about 98%. There really is no question that Apple is rapidly gaining market share after years as a niche product, and it's going to take more than a better, more stable version of Windows to stop that trend. Still, Windows has a commanding share of the corporate IT market and I doubt that is going to change unless 7 proves to be as much of a disaster as Vista was.
    
    Tim
    - RE: All I can say - Gmood1 15:55:00 06/14/09 (6)
      Not going to happen my friend. Windows 7 has been an absolute joy. I was impressed with it from the time of the first install.
      I personally have no interest in Mac or any of their products. Nothing wrong with them, they just don't turn my head. No doubt Mac has gained a little ground...good for them!
      I and apparently quite a few others prefer to have more options in software and hardware..that's the area where I find Mac trailing behind. For me that is enough reason to stay with Windows for the time being.
      
      Edits: 06/14/09
      - RE: All I can say - Phelonious Ponk 19:21:11 06/14/09 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: All I can say posted by Gmood1 on June 14, 2009 at 15:55:00
        
        What is it, exactly, that's not going to happen? You lost me.
        
        Software is no longer an impediment. On a Mac, you can run your Windows software in one window and an OSX application in another, side by side, simultaneously. Try that on your Dell.
        
        Still, if OSX doesn't blow your skirt up, or if you have no need for any of the (mostly pro audio/video) proprietary Mac software, and you've figured out how to get good audio performance out of Windows, there's not good reason to change. Enjoy.
        
        P
      - RE: All I can say - Phelonious Ponk 17:08:33 06/14/09 (4)
        
        In Reply to: RE: All I can say posted by Gmood1 on June 14, 2009 at 15:55:00
        
        What is it, exactly, that's not going to happen? You lost me.
        
        Software is no longer an impediment. On a Mac, you can run your Windows software in one window and an OSX application in another, side by side, simultaneously. Try that on your Dell.
        
        Still, if OSX doesn't blow your skirt up, or if you have no need for any of the (mostly pro audio/video) proprietary Mac software, and you've figured out how to get good audio performance out of Windows, there's not good reason to change. Enjoy.
        
        P
        
        RE: All I can say - Gmood1 18:34:26 06/14/09 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: All I can say posted by Phelonious Ponk on June 14, 2009 at 17:08:33
        
        I was refering to Windows 7 being a disaster as Vista has been made out to be. I just can't see that happening with 7.
        
        Yes I'm aware you can dual boot with Mac. But why would you want to use the god awful Windows OS? ;-)
        
        It's made out to be so bad..no hard core Mac guy should be caught dead using it! lol
        
        Good listening
        
        RE: All I can say - Phelonious Ponk 19:34:50 06/14/09 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: All I can say posted by Gmood1 on June 14, 2009 at 18:34:26
        
        I don't expect 7 to be a disaster. MS usually gets it about right (or as right as ever MS gets it) every other time. They're due. Why would you run Windows on a Mac? Unless you need some obscure piece of software that is Windows only, I can't imagine. Running Windows on a Mac is like running Yugo on a Ferrari.
        
        P
        
        RE: All I can say - Gmood1 08:10:31 06/15/09 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: All I can say posted by Phelonious Ponk on June 14, 2009 at 19:34:50
        
        LOL...a good portion of the software I run is only for Windows. All of it is freeware at that. Yeah after having a Mac mini for kicks around to play with..it is certainly more equated with a Pinto than a Ferrari IMO.lol
        All three of my Windows units run circles around it , especially the two desktops.
        Every time a good friend of mine stops by who owns the Mac Mini,and sees me using cool programs that he can't use unless he goes through the hassles of dual booting. He tells me.."I wish I'd bought a Windows unit". Gasp..the horror! :-0
        
        Edits: 06/15/09 06/15/09 06/15/09
        
        RE: All I can say - Phelonious Ponk 17:35:46 06/15/09 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: All I can say posted by Gmood1 on June 15, 2009 at 08:10:31
        
        Pinto? Perhaps if you're comparing a mini to a configured desktop PC. But then you still have to deal with Windows. Yeah, I know the Ferrari thing was overstatement, but it's a good line anyway. :)
        
        Where I work we have lots and lots of Windows machines and a single table full of Macs. Mac users never come in to switch to Windows. It's always the other way around. Never seen an exception. If OSX and Windows had developed under an even playing field, I think the line would be pretty clear, with people who like to tweak, or have IT support, on the W side, and folks who just want to plug in and have the machine do what's expected of it on the other. Instead, we ended up with a lot of folks who just want a good tool on the wrong side of the line, trying to use it intuitively and being consistently frustrated by it.
        
        See the thing is, most people aren't using freeware; they don't even know what it is. They just want to set up their Facebook page and send emails with pictures attached to Aunt Millie on a machine that does what it's supposed to do without the constant obligatory pats on the ass and the gradual grinding into slow-mo. The guys who are messing with freeware don't understand them. They think they're dumb. Folks on the other side think it's dumb to own a hammer that won't simply drive the damn when it's swung.
        
        P
  - I'm not dreaming... - AbeCollins 19:25:01 06/12/09 (1)
    I too am anxious to try Windows 7 when it's released. But I do like Mac OS X. It's nice to have a choice.
    - choices are good..... - Oface 18:16:53 06/13/09 (0)
      Too bad only Windoze is spread all over.
      
      Like the other poster stated about only having Vista because it was supplied with the computer. Wonder if it would be different if OSX was like that too?
      
      I am looking forward to play with Win 7,tired of the RC (beta), but I am looking towards getting myself a mini mac too in the near future .....
      
      -chris

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