"Everybody is moving to Mac"

[TheProfosist]

Can't speak for businesses, but as far as Government goes, most computers are on XP and in the process of hardware upgrades to Windows 7. Current work laptop is a Dell Latitude E4300 which is pretty old by today's standards.

 

OS X is a good operating system by itself, due to the Unix-like feel to it. It's also built around some open-source components.

 

yep thats what I was getting at may companies ive worked on stuff for are still on XP, may P4's there was even one that had a P3. Some bigger ones that try to stay up to date are on 7 but thats uncommon even id your pretty big from what ive seen

 

im not saying OS X is bad just that if your more of a windows person I dont see why you would pick it over vista. I also personally think that OS X is going futher from its unix background every year. Its already lost a fair amount of its support from professionals which I never understood once many apps made it to PC.

[shazzam66]

Honestly you are right about the value, but have you ever owned one ? If you did you would love it.

 

I used them at school, they were okay then.

 

But seriously meh, just hate my mates fanboy-ness.

[joshuamurphy]

Are you keeping OS X? Or installing Windows or a Linux distro?

yay for mentioning linux

[xAdam]

Their laptops are beautifully made, so ideally id love an apple mac. Thinking of getting one for when i go to university, theyre cool, light and very nice looking. Its a shame that apple overcharge for everything! Their markup is crazy.

[TheProfosist]

Their laptops are beautifully made, so ideally id love an apple mac. Thinking of getting one for when i go to university, theyre cool, light and very nice looking. Its a shame that apple overcharge for everything! Their markup is crazy.

 

Get a thinkpad their cooler and more durable!

[xAdam]

Get a thinkpad their cooler and more durable!

haha, i may end up getting something like that if i cant scrounge the money! wanted to water cool my system before i went off to uni aswell!

[fracking4oil]

If by "everybody" you mean 1% of all computer users, then yes.

[The Syndicate]

Your teacher is high, that would mean that ALL school districts would have to buy macs.

and considering districts making teacher cuts, I highly doubt they would end up buying Macs. Since they would have to hire someone else that is an "expert" in the field of the Apple OS like OS X.

[leipero]

I didn't saw any links in "fast forward" this thread, but maybe this will be useful:

 

http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-ww-monthly-201207-201307-bar

 

You can see all sorts of interesting statistics here, from screen resolutions, OS, Browser and timeline you want (last year, 30 fays, 2010-2011 etc. etc.), globally or regionally (by country) for every statistic.

 

In last one year:

 

Windows 7: 52.67%

Windows XP: 24.61%

MacOSX: 7.35%

etc.

etc.

 

It can help to follow current or "long term" trend for any statistic you want (if that site is accurate).

[R4STABAN]

Lots of "general users" are moving to the apple eco-system.

 

Usually (when you ask) the only barrier between a general user / student and getting a mac book is the price. They will do everything those people need. Have great build quality and great product support.

 

There is a perception that macs last longer than pcs, which at a hardware level we here know to be untrue. In terms of longer-term operating system stability I'm not sure as I haven't used a mac or serviced one, but the general public's pcs running windows become sluggish and infected with clusterfucks of malware.