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You don't need to prove what you're saying. The numbers of Mac's falling market share speak for themselves.

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No software for OS X!? Try 15,000 and growing crapfest applications.
Ha ha ha Mac weEniEs! Losers! You Apple hellboys! Mac blows!

"You don't need to prove what you're saying. The numbers of Mac's falling market share speak for themselves."

Show me the numbers.

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I can't count (and Calculator sucks on the Mac) but show me the numbers.

Tangential point, but OS/2 was a great OS and would have succeeded had it not been for a combination of IBM's marketing ineptitude and Microsoft's cavalier disregard for this nation's antitrust laws.

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You can tell if it is a Mac user, they all have a little incision on the forhead, it's their USB lobotomy plug(that's why there's only one button on Mac mouses). The only reason Mac as a little gain lately is because they're rinding on a FreeBSD based OS, not a MAC based OS, So trendy candy colored Box are nice ... but what if the rest of the world interest you ... If Apple where half brainy as they think they'd find more outsiders to help push their things forward, but seems they prefer to take on the OS/2 style way of thinking , and making the same mistakes.

Ahh the infamous OS/2 - funny how that OS was developed after the Mac OS. Funny how that OS is no longer being developed, but the Mac OS is. I don't see the parallel you are trying to make. Please elaborate.

Apple is brainy, it doesn't compete directly with Microsoft. If partners with them when it should and when it shouldn't. That's business. Microsoft is dominate because of a monopoly. That is how it rose to power and that is why it's the majority.

Apple has partnered with others to push the OS. Aligning itself with the Open Source movement. Don't worry, your windows will still be around for you. Apple is just trying to gain a few points.

"I can't count (and Calculator sucks on the Mac) but show me the numbers."

Well? Are you going to show me the numbers?

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"I can't count (and Calculator sucks on the Mac) but show me the numbers."

Wells Fargo doesn't support the new Safari in Tiger. Are you going to show me what you're eating?

"Are you going to show me what you're eating?"

Where are your numbers? Nowhere? Oh.

I'm eating your credibility.

Actually, Apple DID invent FireWire - but it became an IEEE standard, so other companies were able to use it, but had to come up with other names, unless they wanted to pay Apple a fee for using the term "FireWire" - hence "Lynx", "iLink", etc.

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I have to admit that I love the articles that get all of this arguing going back and forth. Windows users taunting the mac users. Mac people should not get so angry though. Macs will always be in the minority, but so are rich people.

I happen to like both OS's. They both have their place. They are both better than the other depending on what you are using it for. Audio and video, Mac; programming and business, Windows. Neither one of them crash anymore, thank god. No more blue screen or sad mac icons. They plaqued my life for years. If apple wants to convert more windows users then they should at least have the scroll wheel working out of the box. Also why not have a start menu as an option. Linux has it. People are afraid of change, so if you make it at least behave somewhat similar, people will be more likely to switch. Remember most people are not professionals like us. I doubt most of them would even read this blog.

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"Are you going to show me what you're eating?"

Where are your serious number-crunching computers? Nowhere? Not on a Mac at least. Use PCs for heavy lifting.

I'm eating vegetables for dinner with my fellow Mac Zealots just like our overlord vegetarian Steve Jobs does.

"Neither one of them crash anymore, thank god. No more blue screen or sad mac icons. "

Windows XP still blue-screens and crashes.

"If apple wants to convert more windows users then they should at least have the scroll wheel working out of the box."

Uh, Apple's mice don't have scroll-wheels.

"Also why not have a start menu as an option. Linux has it. People are afraid of change, so if you make it at least behave somewhat similar, people will be more likely to switch."

Yes, that's an excellent idea. Let's make OS X take a hundred steps backwards by having it act more like the operating system that badly ripped it off. That way people who are fed up with Windows will be turned off from OS X, because of its new similarities to Windows. A solid plan.

"Where are your serious number-crunching computers?"

Being put into clusters to form low cost super-computers. They're called Macs.

But I wasn't asking for number-crunching computers. I was asking for the numbers that show Mac sales are decreasing. Can't you provide them?

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"Where are your consumer G5 machines?"

Being put into thin monitor machines to form overheating, dead-end machines. They're called iMacs.

But I wasn't asking for a great bargain from Apple. I believe the numbers that show Mac sales are decreasing. Can't you find your files on Spolight? It's difficult. Even Steve Jobs had trouble in his while giving his keynote speech.

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"Where are your consumer G5 machines?"

Being put into thin monitor machines to form overheating, dead-end machines. They're called iMacs.

But I wasn't asking for a great bargain from Apple. I believe the numbers that show Mac sales are decreasing. Can't you find your files on Spolight? It's difficult. Even Steve Jobs had trouble while giving his keynote speech.

"Being put into thin monitor machines to form overheating, dead-end machines. They're called iMacs."

The ones that overheated were a handfull of G5 Power Macs. Not iMacs. Can't you get anything right?


"I believe the numbers that show Mac sales are decreasing."

I promise I'll believe them if you show them to me.

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"Being put into thin monitor machines to form overheating, dead-end machines. They're called iMacs."

The ones that overheated were countless G5 Power Macs as well as iMacs. Can't you get any quality from Apple?

"I believe the numbers that show Mac sales are decreasing."

I promise I'll keep posting to you as a Mac Fanboy and as if you're taking my Steve Jobs pitch about rising market share seriously.

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If apple wants to convert more windows users then they should at least have the scroll wheel working out of the box.

"The ones that overheated were countless G5 Power Macs as well as iMacs. Can't you get any quality from Apple? "

Huh, so G5 iMacs do have a few reported cases of overheating, too. Of course, the problem's so small-scale that I'd never even heard of it until you said it and I ran a search.

Also, the number of reports of overheating are only "countless" if you can't count very high. Try harder.

"I promise I'll keep posting to you as a Mac Fanboy and as if you're taking my Steve Jobs pitch about rising market share seriously."

Awww, are you afraid of alittle rise in Mac sales? But, hey, maybe I'm wrong. I was wrong about there being no cases of G5 iMacs overheating, so maybe I'm wrong about this, too. So why don't you show me the sales data that proves the Mac market share is decreasing? You'd like to prove me wrong, wouldn't you? Come on and do it, then.

I mean, you're so certain Mac sales are decreasing, you must have one solid source of evidence. Please show it to me so that I can stop living with this crazy misconception that they're actually increasing.

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"The ones that overheated were countless G5 Power Macs as well as iMacs. Can't you get any quality from Apple? "

Huh, so G5 iMacs do have lots of reported cases of overheating. Of course! The problem's so large that I'd rather not talk about it. I ran a search for it in Spotlight and it doesn't show up so I guess that "revolutionary" and "life-altering" tool doesn't work that great.

Also, the number of reports of overheating are "countless" and I can't count that high. Using a Mac is certainly harder than using Windows.

Awww, are you afraid of a little rise in Mac sales? But, hey I'm wrong. I was wrong. I'm wrong about this, too. Sales data has proven the Mac market share is decreasing. You'd like to prove me wrong, wouldn't you? Come on and ditch your Macs people and prove me wrong some more.

I mean, you're so certain Mac sales are decreasing. Please show me how to play quality games with quality frame rates on a Mac. And no, I don't mean games that ran on OS 8.

how Windows users can claim that they run on a superior system. I used to use Windows, but after a month of trying to cope with the spyware and pop-ups and all the other #@!$ing bull#@!$ on XP, I said #@!$ it. The only problem I've ever had on a Mac running OS X was that the battery in the laptop died, and the battery was about two years old. I don't have to worry about the #@!$ing spyware, or the random Lesbians4Free #@!$ popping up. I don't have to run ad-aware anymore every time I feel like going on the internet. Hell, I can drop Explorer from my HD and not force the OS to go haywire. If you can cope with all the bull#@!$ that Windows has going for it, then that's great for you. For me, I'll take a system that lets me do what I want without needing a drink to go with it.

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I don't have to worry about the #@!$ing spyware, or the random Lesbians4Free #@!$ popping up. I don't have to run ad-aware anymore every time I feel like going on the internet.

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Even though I'm a Mac user I still qualify for the Lesbians4Free discount. I can drop a$$ on my HD and force the OS to go haywire. If your computer can cope with the smell, then that's great for you. For me, I'll take a dead iPod and a fried Mac to go with it.

And the maturity level of the Windows user raises another notch. +1 to Apple.

"Sales data has proven the Mac market share is decreasing."

Sales data that you can't provide. Why can't you provide it?

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"Sales data has proven the Mac market share is decreasing."

Macs corrupt data and provide less bang for the buck. Why can't Macs play nice Windows? Too bad their market share is decreasing.

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"Sales data has proven the Mac market share is decreasing."

Sales data that has been provided. Why can't I comprehend it?

"Too bad their market share is decreasing."

Have it your way.

Apple's U.S. market share is rising:
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/04/15.14.shtml

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"Too bad their market share is decreasing."

Have the Mac your way - overpriced, fragile, and obsolete.

Apple's U.S. market share is rising:
http://www.macbots.com/bible/MarketShareHopefullyIn2007/SteveJobs.RDF


Can't forget:
Beatles Sue Apple
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,97064,00.html

why has no one addressed the fact that he referenced Sesame Street's 'Teeny Little Super Guy???!!!'

Oh, and by the way, for those of you who continually refer to the 'blue-screen-of-death'....UPDATE YOUR OS!! The blue screen was essentially "abolished when XP was released. So comments about the blue screen are actaully comments about win 98, a nearly 10 year old OS. Macs never have problems do they? Oh, wait, thats right, they just realeased a new POS OS. But since Macs don't ever have problems, I wouldn't imagine that the updates provide anything new aside from more eye candy. Afterall, thats all Macs are: Eye Candy. "


Really? How come I continually saw that screen on XP before I switched to Mac. It's been about a year now, and nope....no problems. You'd think with 95% market share they have enough resources to release their OS on time....oh wait, they're probably trying to get some ideas from Tiger....

BSOD was essentially abolished by the random forced reboot in XP (although you can actually get the BSOD, most of the time the OS just restarts. That is the default configuration setting.).

Evidently it will be replaced by the RSOD (Red Screen O' Death) in Longhorn. http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39130264,00.htm

Ahh, the benefits of innovation.

MacOS is just "eye candy." Heh, that's funny. Good thing Virginia Tech is only working on "eye candy." Same with the US Army with their 1566 machine grid. Can't do any serious computing with all that "eye candy."