Originally Posted by Saki GT,Sep 22 2008, 06:07 PM

Maybe, other than the 30% gain in Mac users over each year for the past few years. They were raised on Windows and switched.

Originally Posted by simonID,Sep 22 2008, 09:32 PM

because it took 2 decades for Apple to develop an equally competitive OS

Originally Posted by simonID,Sep 22 2008, 11:32 PM

because it took 2 decades for Apple to develop an equally competitive OS

Originally Posted by JettaGT,Sep 23 2008, 10:05 AM

on the flip side, i was told by an apple store employee that their hand held credit card machines and related software are windows based...they put stickers on over them...just what i heard

Originally Posted by JDM 4shot,Sep 23 2008, 01:07 PM

If there was a 30% gain over each of the past few years, most of us would have a mac. Going to guess most do not. My brother has one. He may just have a lemon, but a door stop is of more use then his mac.

Originally Posted by simonID,Sep 22 2008, 03:35 PM

thanks for pointing that out. Apple and MS aren't really "direct" competitors. Especially now with bootcamp, MS supports Apple, to MS, Macbooks are just another computer that can support Window's. And Apple's OS hasn't been much of a competitor until their most recent platform OSX. With bootcamp, the ability to support Window's has benefited both MS and Apple.



It amazes me how many people support Apple's reliability. As a designer, I was thinking about getting a Macbook to replace my current Dell laptop, but out of the umpteen friends I have with Macs, about 70% of them have had serious issues with their laptops, several of which had their whole laptops replaced withing the first year of owning it. Meanwhile my "crappy" Dell is still chugging fine at 4.5+ years old.