15 Oct
Posted by Geoff as Apple, Apple Macintosh, Mac, Mac OSX, Mac OSX Leopard, MacBook, Macintosh
Steve Jobs just got through yesterday announcing new MacBook lines in Cupertino. The MacBook, the Pro, and the Air all got revved. The old line of plastic-body MacBooks drops in price by $100, to $999. The new MacBooks have a metal body and multi-touch trackpad, just like the new Pros. The Pro features two NVidia [...]
02 Oct
Posted by Geoff as Apple, Apple Macintosh, Mac, Mac OSX, MacBook, Macintosh
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Apple Inc.’s Mac OS X market share has passed the 8% mark for the first time, a research company reported today.
In September, Apple’s operating system ran on 8.2% of the computers that accessed the 40,000 sites monitored by Net Applications for clients, the company’s data showed. The Mac’s share of the operating [...]
29 Aug
Posted by Geoff as Apple, Apple Macintosh, Mac, Mac OSX, Macintosh
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No matter how the numbers are sliced and diced, Apple’s Mac sales are exploding, mostly in the above $1,000 price range, of course. Joe Wilcox in AppleWatch:
Apple’s retail market share is 14 percent, and two-thirds for PCs costing $1,000 or more. Should I repeat those numbers? The share data is for first-quarter [...]
25 Aug
Posted by Geoff as Apple, Apple Macintosh, Mac OSX, MacBook, Macintosh, Windows Vista
Well, I detoured away from Apple for a few months when financial circumstances necessitated going to a less expensive computer. Now, I am back to the Mac. I really think Windows Vista is getting a little bit of a bad rap these days. When introduced, there were simply too many problems. Peripherals often wouldn’t work [...]
18 Dec
Posted by Geoff as Apple, Apple Macintosh, Mac, Mac OSX, Mac OSX Leopard, Macintosh, iMac
Forget Windows and especially forget Vista and all of its problems. Apple keeps getting better and better with its Macintosh computer line-up. Actually a pioneer in the computer industry, Mac computers are fluid, intuitive, secure and actually enjoyable to use. You spend less time worrying about configuration and security issues, and more time enjoying your [...]
07 Dec
Posted by Geoff as Apple, Apple Macintosh, Mac, Mac OSX, Mac OSX Leopard, MacBook, Macintosh
Switchers keep gaining in importance to Apple and that’s easy to see in the company’s advertising campaign during this holiday season. Almost all the stories are aimed at switchers and Windows users: one compares the many Vista SKUs with the single Mac Leopard SKU; another tells Windows users not to give up on Vista; and [...]
05 Dec
Posted by Geoff as Apple, Apple Macintosh, Leopard, Mac, Mac OSX, Mac OSX Leopard, MacBook, Macintosh, iMac
03 Dec
Posted by Geoff as Apple, Apple Macintosh, Mac, Mac OSX, MacBook, Macintosh, iMac
After taking a brief October dip in advance of Leopard’s release, Apple’s (AAPL) share of the operating system market grew 3.34% in November to hit a record 6.81%, according to the results of a Net Applications survey issued today.
Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows in its various flavors continues to dominate with a 92.42% share, as measured by [...]
13 Apr
Posted by Geoff as Apple, Apple Macintosh, Mac, Mac OSX, MacBook, Macintosh
Apple said its operating system upgrade Leopard won’t be released in June as planned.
Why? The iPhone has absorbed Apple’s resources as it certifies it with AT&T/Cingular so it can ship in late June.
A Leopard delay wasn’t totally unexpected. Word about a potential delay surfaced last month. At the time, the reason for the delay was [...]
10 Apr
Posted by Geoff as Apple, Apple Macintosh, Mac, Mac OSX, Mac compatibility with Windows, Macintosh, Macintosh for business
Switching to a Mac infrastructure may sound like an expensive proposition for a small-business owner. However, some businesses who have made the change say they made the right choice. The cost savings on security and ease-of-use quickly paid off incurred expenses, they said. Relearning some tasks that operate differently on a Mac may be a [...]