[Swordmaker]

Here's a FAILED prediction from last year... One that predicted that by this time, this year, due to the magnificence of the newly released Windows 7, Mac Sales in the US would be back under 5%... PING!

OOPS! FAIL!

Please!
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Discuss technical issues, software, and hardware.
Don't attack people!

Don't respond to the Anti-Apple Thread Trolls!
PLEASE IGNORE THEM!!!

Apple Prognistication OOPS Ping!

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[Sacajaweau]

Computer folks should have sold 7 professional only instead of 7 Home. A lot of folks would have been a lot happier.

In the meantime, I just kept my old computer. I'll be damned if I'll give them another 60 bucks.

[flintsilver7]

This is not news or interesting in the least.

You really need to step away from that altar. You have no sanity left, so at this point it would just be a service to the rest of us.

[Joyell]

Humorous article.

Now, on the other hand.......if anything ever happens to Steve Jobs.....

[ThunderSleeps]

Yes, Windows 7 is a decent OS. This from a dedicated Linux fan. I'm currently running two different distros and playing around with a third. I have an Android OS phone.

Windows 7 is ok, but certainly not a "killer" OS that has anything particularly compelling about it. If you're in the Windows camp, you'll like it - probably as much or more than XP, almost certainly more than Vista. If you're in the OS/X camp, you won't miss it. If you're in the Linux camp, you'll just make fun of it.

I'm one of those practical/pragmatic people. I routinely run Linux 'cause that's what I like and find easy/useful. Family members run a mix of OS/X and XP. I have a dual-boot partition set up to run Windows 7 (alongside the latest Ubuntu). Ironically, the only reason I boot Windows 7 is to run iTunes to load up my iPod Touch. ;-)

[flintsilver7]

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=8

You may also want to try actual numbers.

[flintsilver7]

http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-ww-monthly-200912-201012-bar

Maybe that one is better? I’m not sure. When you live as a cultist I guess your point of view on reality is quite skewed.

[null and void]

In related news...

Why Apple Will Be The First Company to Reach a Trillion Dollar Market Cap

[bigbob]

They’ll make it up in...uh...volume...

[TheStickman]

Love my 2007 Macbook, 2009 Mac Mini, 2010 iMac & iPad! OS X & iOS have never let me down. ZERO crashes in 3 years!

[dennisw]

December 31 2011 Apple and Google (stocks) will be about half what they are now and Apples share of computer sales will be 7%. Everyday I read about disgusted Apple users moving over to Windows7. Even though Steve Ballmer has bad BO and Steve Jobs hasn’t changed his black turtleneck in 5 years

[Poser]

The iPad is going to drive the market share of Mac computers up. One of the beauties of Apple products is the integration with its other products. However, I ask this important question: Will some consumers buy an iPad as a substitute for a Mac or is it an “in addition to” thing?

Win7 is good, but the whole virus thing is getting to be a bit much. I am very tired of spending hours reformatting and reinstalling for my friends who aren’t smart enough to refrain from clicking on everything they see.

The second time any friend brings me his or her virus riddled computer, I recommend a Mac.

Personally, I click on anything I want, but only on my Ubuntu box. Linux isn’t quite ready for the masses yet, but it has its place in every savvy geek’s house.

I expected the whole OS war to become moot by now, but it appears it will go on for a few more years before the casual user is unaware of the OS.