Yep. Not defending Apple. Just interesting history. I used to be a huge Mac guy when they really were the most advanced personal OS, but when they they knew they needed a ground up rewrite of the OS at 7.5 and then continued nursing the old codebase through 9, I knew it was time to look for something else. I was already using Win98 for games and when WinXP came out, I was thrilled. I was beta testing OS X too, but didn't like what it offered compared to WinXP so I ditched the Mac completely.
Apple now is definitely having identity problems. They're at niche marketshare levels, but don't have a solid niche audience other than general advocates. The traditional stronghold of the design market isn't it anymore. The design products reached parity between Mac and Windows years ago, and there's no Mac exclusive innovation in that market. So they're selling at niche levels but are selling a general purpose, not niche, product. I don't see the future in it. But strangely, Apple stock always proves me wrong. On 4/5/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Microsoft created it for Mac to test because they didn't have a > graphical interface yet. Which means it wasn't how Apple started out. > By 1985 Mac already lost the market because of price, selling toaster > but charging for convection ovens :) > > Word sucked, still does, the only way they got rid of WP was to bundle > word into office. > > > On 4/5/06, Kevin Graeme wrote: > > Most of the early business apps that took over the market started out > > on the Mac. MS Excel for instance was Mac first and when it finally > > moved to Windows it kicked VisiCalc and Lotus1-2-3 in the balls. Word > > too. > > > > The Mac was originally targetted as a business appliance. But the > > original Apple models were popular in schools so that's where the Mac > > got a foothold. > > > > > Since Mac OS now runs on Intel chips dual boot is already available, > > > so what's news? > > > > Official support for dual boot. Much like MS officially supporting Linux > > now. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202939 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
