Mac's on the up...

powerarmour · **--[papameister]--** Mod Squad

Apple Shows Strong Growth, Captures Two-thirds of $1k+ PC Market:-

impar · **PC Gamer** Moderator

Greetings!

I blame consoles... Not talking

powerarmour · **--[papameister]--** Mod Squad

Microsoft...?

I must admit that if I was looking at buying a new laptop right now, I would buy a Macbook Pro easily, simply because of the spec/aesthetics...

...but then I'd butcher it to run Ubuntu & Vista also.

I would 'never' have considered buying a Mac a couple of years ago, but I'm currently on the hunt for an old 2nd hand PPC G5 for a Linux project too.

Seawolf · Ultra nForced

I think MSes only problem right now is that they're completely ignoring the strong movement Apple is showing in advertising. If MS even HAD a counterpoint it would help immensely.

I see Mac ads bashing MS+Vista every time I turn on the DVR (and naturally I skip them) but I haven't seen one Vista commercial since it came out. Whut.

powerarmour · **--[papameister]--** Mod Squad

Microsoft could always (have always...) use the gaming hammer to bash Mac's with, and it's worked in the past. But Vista/DX10 in general hasn't done them many favours in the publics eyes (not technically, just public perception of Vista/DX10 being bloated/slow).

But as the article alludes a modern Mac/Macbook is a different beast to those older PPC dinosaurs, in the fact that it's a x86 machine which can run Windows also, and is right on the money performance wise. And they look good too, Mac's have always had aesthetic style.

Another main reason = iPod, the iPod basically kick started and transformed the image of Apple from 'Nerdy/Cult' to 'Trendy/Mainstream' in one swift move, they are still riding that wave.

You could also say that Microsoft (as mainly a software company...) doesn't give two hoots about end consumer hardware as long as they are selling copies of Windows, whether they end up to be bought and installed on a PC or a Mac via Bootcamp is almost irrelevant to them (of course most people who buy Mac's just use OS X anyway...). One things for sure is that the 'Windows PC' as a computing platform is being attacked from all sides more vigorously than I can ever remember before.

In any case I'm still not a fan of OS X though, not that it's a bad OS or doesn't do exactly what it says on the box, it's just too Fisher Price for my liking...

Seawolf · Ultra nForced

And thats the problem. The perception doesn't match the reality, so the negative advertising is just reinforcing that belief.

Microsoft is making shedloads of cash right now so they might not care much, but it's going to bite them in the ass if you ask me.

It's not that they aren't selling to Mac users so much as that they aren't trying to fight the perception the Mac marketing team is pumping out that Vista is [Eartha Kitt].

*shrug*

It doesn't really affect me what MS does or doesn't do of course, it just surprises me. Microsoft is not traditionally a company that prefers to be silent while other companies walk on them.

powerarmour · **--[papameister]--** Mod Squad

Tempting...

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore?family=Macmini

...must...resist...

powerarmour · **--[papameister]--** Mod Squad

Mac OS X 10.5.3 Released :-

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9953735-37.html

ashland_thunder · nForce Padawan

One thing I've heard from one of our network guys here at work and someone else is that supposedly Windows runs better on a MAC through bootcamp than it does natively installed on a Wintel box. Both of them were talking about getting a MAC and using bootcamp to load XP for gaming.

powerarmour · **--[papameister]--** Mod Squad