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Mac users tend to be more technologically savvy consumers who will go out of their way to upgrade, whereas many Windows users are just run of the mill folk that really don't give two shits about what OS they're on. They upgrade when they buy a new computer. As time goes on we'll see the numbers grow as people buy new machines with 7 preinstalled.
As far as Windows XP though, that will probably continue to be high with all the netbooks out there. #osmarketshare
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Microsoft as a whole is much much larger than apple, and thus the sheer amount of computers to compare could be completely throwing off the comparison. #osmarketshare
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@Bs Baldwin: But what percentage of Windows users are coders and programmers? Definitely not the majority. I never said all Mac users or all Windows users, but by and large in my experience it's the Mac users who have been more aware of the state of tech. #osmarketshare
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I'm no fanboy either way, but seeing the worldwide market share is interesting.
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Apple does not distribute this driver, because in their eyes, FUCK YOU! #osmarketshare
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Honestly, Vista and Windows 7 aren't really necessary in the business environment. They look and feel great, but they offer almost nothing "functional" as far as business is concerned. #osmarketshare
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Ah well, we'll see how it pans out. #osmarketshare
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I have 3 pcs (all running xp) a linux dev box and a mac pro under my poor crowded desk ... only place i use a lap top is in the lab
but hey ... that's just me #osmarketshare
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Im not CAD master or anything so not really sure. Though it sure would be nice if Autodesk would make autocad for mac. #osmarketshare
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Why bother upgrading?
Everybody knows technology is cyclical. #osmarketshare
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If anything its been shown time and time again to be true. Apple falls first every time in hacking competitions. #osmarketshare
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They don't get the password. What are you talking about? What kind of competition would that be?
The "physical access part" is just that "someone" is using the computer. Which is the exact same way that all PC virus work (no one cracks any on the fully remote day) you need some one to click on your link, you need some one to open the file which has everything to do with viruses. That is where the macs always fall first the cracks gain access to core systems beyond anything you even see in win systems.
It is absolutely true that the only thing saving OSX is market share. You've offered nothing to substantiate your claim that its a "tired and untrue" statement. As OSX market share increases you'll start to see more of it.
11/06/09
How do you think that viruses are created?
You do realize they aren't really the computer getting sick don't you? #osmarketshare
11/06/09
The fact of the matter is there are over 50 million macs out there, that is A TON of money that could be made by writing a virus, but yet there continues to be none.
And if what all these people say about mac users being clueless is in any way true it should be really really easy to trick all those people into getting infected.
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Lets do a little math exercise. We'll use $1,000,000 just cause its nice and round.
2% of $1,000,000 = $2,000
5% of $1,000,000 = $5,000
92% of $1,000,000 = $92,000
Which of those is "A TON"?
Even if we don't use market share.
50 million users or Billions? Which are you more likely to hit when you start shooting at the side of a barn door? It all sounds like a lot but the comparison is still so much more thats why you still see it that way.
And you can't just dismiss market share like your trying to do. Its all about market share. The whole thing is a crap shoot. You're trying to get people to execute code that will allow the virus to get on their computer. If you're only trying to hit that 5% your odds of ever hitting it are 1 in 25 (5 in 100) as opposed to 1 in 1.085 (92 in 100).
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They're not doing it on the actual computer. Its still a remote hack. Yes you need someone to execute it but thats no different then any other virus.
Find me a PC virus you can get by just being on the internet. That is what you argument is correct? #osmarketshare
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It defiantly hurts my snarkyness but not the over all point since then the $92,000 is off by a factor of 10 too.
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And I know the media keeps calling things like the keyboard switch or the downloaded malware stuff a remote hack, but how is it remote when you need to be at the computer in question to execute it? #osmarketshare
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Why are there no Mac viruses "in the wild"? Because of the lack of interest in creating them for financial gain. Technical distinctions of computer worms, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, etc aside (it really doesn't matter to the end user) it has nothing to do with the inability for them to be there. Apple is no less vulnerable than a PC. The idea in the popular culture that it is just leads to misinformed people and undue sense of security. #osmarketshare
11/06/09
That is without user interaction. I know this because this is what i have been doing with my weekends for the past month, removing this POS from clients computers #osmarketshare
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Lets just all agree that when it really comes down to it, NOTHING is secure. Cause if not, things will get heated, then OMG Ponies will come and say something and it will all go downhill from there.
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The point being; Operating Systems don't protect you just because they have a small market share. It's common sense and an active defense.
I'm not saying that you don't have any. #osmarketshare
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I drove a Caprice years ago while most cops were still driving them, too. Had I driven one my whole life, I'd have had no idea that the world wasn't really a place where everyone drove the speed limit, passed with care, and were overwhelmingly courteous. Still, I got used to that world before long. When I got my next vehicle (bright red sportscar)....the true reality SHOCKED me. #osmarketshare
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I doubt even Jobs getting back on LSD would lead him to claim the market share you're promoting. #osmarketshare
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US sales last quarter were 17.8 million units 1.6 million of which (8.8%) were Apple.
World wide it's must worse. Outside of the US Apple sold 1 million units. HP alone sold 12.1 outside of the US.
Apple is without a doubt gaining share, but seriously 10-12% retail is pushing it I think. When I buy a new Mac it obviously helps Apples share, but when I build a new computer it doesn't even register on the other side. If you add in motherboard sales I'm sure it would push the gap even further.
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That Windows has bits of corn in its shit that is bigger than OSX' install base. #osmarketshare