Contrary to belief Vista is actually doing better than some predicted. I don't think it deserves its nickname by some self proclaimed journalists as Windows ME 2 just yet. In all fairness to Microsoft, remember when XP needed significant security updates to bring it up to standards already common when it was released? Microsoft eventually delivered. - Steve
Windows Vista's share of online users has increased every month this year, while rival Mac OS X -- to which Vista has often been compared -- has shown little, if any, growth, a metrics company reports.
According to Net Applications, in June Windows Vista accounted for 4.52% of all systems that browsed the Web, up from January's 0.18%. Vista has grown its usage share each month since its release to consumers Jan. 30, hitting 0.93% in February, 2.04% in March, 3.02% in April and 3.74% in May. Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X, meanwhile, accounted for 6.22% in January and hit its high point of 6.46% in May, but it slipped back to 6% in June.
If Vista's uptake trend continues, it should pass Mac OS X in Web usage share by the end of August.
View: Full Article @ Computer World
Windows Vista's share of online users has increased every month this year, while rival Mac OS X -- to which Vista has often been compared -- has shown little, if any, growth, a metrics company reports.
According to Net Applications, in June Windows Vista accounted for 4.52% of all systems that browsed the Web, up from January's 0.18%. Vista has grown its usage share each month since its release to consumers Jan. 30, hitting 0.93% in February, 2.04% in March, 3.02% in April and 3.74% in May. Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X, meanwhile, accounted for 6.22% in January and hit its high point of 6.46% in May, but it slipped back to 6% in June.
If Vista's uptake trend continues, it should pass Mac OS X in Web usage share by the end of August.
View: Full Article @ Computer World
Wait until that's released - OS X users will increase then
I don't see any reason why users not already using OSX should convert faster to OSX after Leopard have been released.
I don't see any reason why users not already using OSX should convert faster to OSX after Leopard have been released.
some maybe wait for its release so they dont have to fork out another 129?
Glassed Silver:mac
Something doesnt sound right.
The computer market is dynamic, the total number of computers keeps growing. The article just focuses on percentages to favour Vista's image.
We could spin numbers the oposite way and say that, despite Vista being sold will pretty much every new PC, and PCs selling far more than Macs, it still hasn't managed to reach OSX marketshare
The computer market is dynamic, the total number of computers keeps growing. The article just focuses on percentages to favour Vista's image.
We could spin numbers the oposite way and say that, despite Vista being sold will pretty much every new PC, and PCs selling far more than Macs, it still hasn't managed to reach OSX marketshare
in addition to that we could name the fact that still a lot of people want xp with their new pcs... xD
Glassed Silver:mac
The bigger deal seems to be the .40% difference that is probably due to Mac users waiting until Leopard to turn over old to new, where as Windows users have no reason to wait.
The biggest deal would be if OS X shrunk and Windows (total) expanded due to the Launch of Vista, but I don't see that. This isn't true as the article says
I find it HIGHLY unlikely that there is any NET growth in Windows market share vs. ANY OS due to Vista.
There is no more sense in the world
It's also a good idea to check other sources. One source reports Vista to be at three percent, Below both OS X and Linux.
That's not fair, I mentioned that on the #2.1 reply
That's not fair, I mentioned that on the #2.1 reply
Funny how nobody (except ichi) noticed the HUGE flaw with the reasoning in the article
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wctaiwan
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wctaiwan
lol... how do you jump in this conclusion?.
Because if i say mac users are mainly gays and women, if YOU consider that it's a offensive then YOU are thinking any comparison with gays or women are offensives? or even worst, you may be are thinking that it's offensive to be a mac users.
If i say that (it's just a example) :"french are skinny" (or germans or whathever) then it's a offesive phrase but if i say "french are european" and you think that it's a offensive phrase, then may be you are thinking that to be a european is a bad thing.
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