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Is the Mac world slowly taking over?

#43
SuperDuck said:
You heard it here first: I went back to Vista because it was less of a headache than Linux.

There. I said it.
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I tried to go Linux 3 years ago with Red Hat Fedora. It didn't stick. Too many irritations. It would be interesting to see where it's at now though.

There is a lot of cool stuff about Vista. Too many irritations for me though. Not as many as Mac but more than XP. I find that XP works very reliably.

- Dave
 
#44
I tend to skip every other OS revision. Same for application software. It saves a lot of money. I also don't see putting a new OS on an old computer, since it always increases the resource requirements. So I will probably skip Vista, and maybe whatever comes after it. I am still using Office 97.

Of course the OS companies want me to believe that their latest and greatest version will make my life better, but as I mentioned in another thread, I really don't interact with the OS very much -- arranging files, starting programs, copy/paste, that's about it. This also limits the appeal of changing to a different OS.
 
#46
I believe that Macs are becoming more popular because of iPods, and now everyone my age (I'm 15) who don't know much about computers are just blindly buying Mac products. My friend is a Mac fanboy. I have tryed the latest Mac OS and just didn't like it, not to mention that basically all businesses use Windows (I don't say PC because it stands for personal computer, and people can't get it through their heads that Macs are still personal computers). Also the lack of upgradability wasn't something I was a fan of. Finally, I'm not just saying this because I'm a Windows fanboy, because I'm not, I just find it the best of what I've tryed. I have had to fix my sister's laptop, which uses Vista, what a pain. I'm staying with my XP OS.
 
#47
disenchant said:
I really think whichever computer you like is just what you're used to. And a lesser number of the population is used to Macs.

Apple has a deal with colleges and schools to get their computers in. It's a marketing ploy. They thought if the students got used to using a Mac, they'd ask their parents for one. And they'd grow up to be Mac users.


I don't think Mac will take over where PCs are, but I don't think PCs will ever take over where Macs are (in the creative-type jobs).
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This bit about Apple having a deal with universities and schools is now a myth. About 20 years ago this was true, but it has long ceased to be.

I'm good friends with the guy who handles most of the computer sales on campus (both to students and to departments) and I know the pricing they get. The Apple discount on computers is about 100 bucks. That's it. The discount through Sony or Dell is WAAAAAAY better. The discount on software is about the same too. PC discounts tend to be way better than ones for Macs.

Disraeli Gears said:
Why not just use Firefox instead of Safari? You can get it for MACs.
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I do. I've used Firefox for both Mac and PC since the earliest versions. I used the Mozilla browser before Firefox was developed. I even used Opera for a while too.
 
#48
I think one factor about Macs in universities is that people do in fact have loyalties going back 20 years. There was a time period when I was in school, when networking was a lot easier to set up and use on a Mac. The shared laser printer in the department office was a pretty strong incentive to get a Mac. The fact that a DOS computer could be connected to the same network, and used in pretty much the same way, was a well kept secret.

Also, a $100 discount still doesn't get you anywhere close to what I can buy a Dell notebook for.
 

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