Survey: Mac OS hit record 7.57% in Jan.; Windows lost a little ground

But one thing is that people like us Windows is one whose pirated copy let us learn computer than stupid expensive Mac whom you can only operate if get the machine after paying so much money.

I would say most of the geeks are there because only of the pirated copy of windows. and I may be one of them

I laugh at macBlasters posting for he just can't come to grip a mac is easier and better to use. I guess he is smarter than:

1. Business Week – Apple the most innovative company in the world 3 years in a row.

2. CIO.com – Eight financial reasons you should use a Mac (http://www.cio.com/article/127050/Eight_Financial_Reasons_Why_You_Should_Use_Mac_OS/3)

3. Wall Street Journal – "Leopard is the most advanced OS"

4. Computerworld – "Leopard spanks Vista" (online at http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9045689 )

5. Why Is the Mac More Secure than Windows?

(http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2139856,00.asp )

6. Dell brings back XP on home systems

After adding it back as an option for small businesses,

direct seller offers older OS on consumer machines in response to demand.

(http://news.com.com/Dell+brings+back+XP+on+home+systems/2100-1046_3-6177619.html )

7. Pennsylvania university pulls PC plug, goes all-Mac

'It is … the superior OS, isn't it?' says Wilkes University's IT chief Gregg Keizer

(online at http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9013218&intsrc=hm_list )

And macBlaster – haven't you ever heard of the word "efficiency"? I just ask b/c why in the world would I have to know advanced technology in order to use an OS like Vista? How come I would have to know how to configure a computer just to get it to run an OS…. instead of just buying a Mac and it just works. We are all not geeks like you obviously are.

Also – look how much bad press Vista is getting and how great press Apple is getting??? Record breaking sales and increase market share speaks for itself for people are tired of buying an OS that has problems…. and not to mention Vista just stole several features from Tiger and on their next OS release in 6 years they will again steal Leopard features.

Oh, and let's not forget to note that UNIX is a much more stable platform…. that's an industry FACT. So while you are rebooting your machine and constantly monitoring your system configs….. I will be using 21st Technology and done with my work and you will still be on the customer support line.

BTW – how is the iPod copy "Zune" doing these days…. hmmm – another rip off which is not doing very well. hahaha

It's clear you are living a sad life to state "you must be the typical user that NEEDS a simplistic mac for the ease of use because you can’t comprehend advanced tech."

I ask you… what is wrong with having a tool that's easy to use? What's wrong with creating a OS and other products that are integrated and work? I guess you have nothing better to do than sit at your computer and spend hours a day making things work on Vista?

And I bet this will really chap your hide.

Gartner Quote – "Apple will double it's market share in the US and Europe by 2011

I am sure glad I have a LOT of Apple stock!!! going to be a nice retirement for me…… maybe Microsoft will release their next version of Vista by then. HAHAHAHA

Woo hoo! Linux went up to 0.67%! Ha ha.

Seriously folks, is this really something to be excited about? Mac is up to 7.57%? And the Creative MP3 players are up to 7.57% of the MP3 market, wow!! Big deal.

Actually it is fn-Delete, not Shift-Delete…

BTW, Cmd-Delete deletes everything form the cursor back to the left margin…

Quote "I filed a complaint with the FTC because Apple told me if I wanted to run their OS, even though I can buy it and run it on an Intel home built pc, I must buy their overpriced hardware with it or it was illegal. Imagine if MSFT did that, they would get sued so fast. I urge all of you to file complaints so Apple must allow users to freely pick with OS they want.

Posted By Nick, Scranton PA : February 4, 2008 12:29 pm"

You're part of the problem with this country – you feel like you're entitled to something. Apple built the software – it's theirs to sell and sell under whatever restrictions they choose. If you don't like it, don't buy it. If you think that they are making a marketing mistake, build your own and sell it. People like you "filed a complaint w/ the FTC" are the reason there are so many irresponsible lawsuits in this country. What do you think gives you the right to tell Apple (or anyone) how to run their company. It's a free market – either buy stock and go to the meetings or "vote" with your dollars, but don't complain because you don't like their rules… just don't buy.

Delete to the right – shift-delete.

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Apple has $15 billion cash in its pockets and the latest version OSX already runs on PCs, then, Apple is pretty close to develop a FULL PC compatible OSX to "eat" a very much larger "slice" of the OS market

so, a (possible) future Apple's strategy could be to try to BUY Microsoft (with Yahoo inside) the same way Microsoft is trying these days with Yahoo

do you think it's sci-fi or a real (future) scenario?

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I am amused by the folks complaining about 'over priced' hardware, when these same folks rush out to buy $3,800 flat-screen TV's. At least Apple's hardware is based on quality parts throughout. From memory, to video cards ETC. When you factor in things like design and software, the 'over priced' aspect seems a bit silly.

-M

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Listen Nerds, Mac's are for people who lead busy lives and need a device that works, works well and is stylish. And if I hear any more out of you pencil necks, I'm going knock those bottle glasses off your mugs and step on 'em.

Like a lot of folks, the iPhone made me think, if they can make a phone this much fun, what's their computer like? It can't be worse than the $700 dell notebook I bought 3-4 years ago. So, I ordered a $1,000 Mac Mini. Another one of those Mac fanboys now. Sure, knowing I could load up all my old PC programs is what made the switch.

But where's the key to delete the character to the right? I gotta move my mouse every time?

HUGE lols to arman of mountain view…

if your vista takes 10-20 minutes to load and it keeps crashing, perhaps you need to learn more about how to configure computers and troubleshoot technology..

you must be the typical user that NEEDS a simplistic mac for the ease of use because you can't comprehend advanced tech.

perhaps you should trash your vista system and get urself a texas instruments calculator…that should be a little easier for you to operate.

hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha techno noob that can't understand basic technology

FreeBSD with a fancy gui for a ridiculous price premium. I'll stay with Linux/XP thanks.

And yes I've used Tiger and Leopard. However, Apple's seeming reluctance to implement cutting edge hardware and their overpricing turned me off even with the x86 architecture switch. $2700+ for a BASE model Mac Pro with a -cough- 2600XT?!?! And RAID, an 800$ premium!?!! PLEASE! How much is a vanilla RAID 0,1,5 for a PC these days? 50$ or so… Pffft.

And video… I think I'll stick to a PC that can take a 3870×2 which is about 4 times as powerful as a MAC Pro in its base configuration at about 1/3 the price point.

MAC fanbois frequently say Apple is hardware company and are supposed to be the 'creative' company, or so the Apple vs PC ads would have you believe. Yet, gaming and performance/price ratio on this platform is a joke while they simultaneously lock you into mid-level HW. Sheesh! if that's their attitude I'll take a Mac to do my spreadsheets :/

C. in Tx

"It’s a bit of a stretch to equate these numbers to market share. Net Applications could, for example, have acquired a large client pitching services to Mac users."

-Philip, Brisbane, Qld Australia

This is actually accounted for by Net Applications. Sites that throw off the statistics have been accounted for. (Linux sites are a prime example of this.)

I run Ubuntu Linux on my laptop at home (at work, I'm on Red Hat Linux).

My first PC was an original IBM PC. Since then I've followed the PC eveloution in HW and software first through MS-DOS and then into Windows.

I've also designed software and hardware for the PC, so I feel pretty free in calling myself a knowledgeable user. Right now, I have 5.5 PCs at home, 4 of which are in daily use.

I am not at all happy with Vista (all of my PCs are on XP) and because of that my wife and I looked into macs. We bought a 24" imac and I am very pleased. Over time, all of our PCs will be replaced by macs as I get the software and data moved across.

The key points are:

1) stability of a UNIX based foundation

2) ease of use by Apple enhancements

3) enough of my key apps are native, and the rest I can dual boot to

4) the mess that is Vista (memory pig, slower, no real improvements and many steps backwards, etc.)

I am NOT an Apple fanboy, and I don't think the mac is key to the human race's survival. However, it is much better than its competition, and that's good enough for me.

I would love it if I could buy Leopard separately, as I think the pre-configured HW is more expensive and more restrictive than with PCs. Most of my PCs have been custom, and I enjoy being able to build a system to optimize performance, noise, or whatever I care about. Still, at the end of the day it's all about software and getting the job done, and the msc does it much better than the PC.

Ther is only one reason why Windows is still doing as well as it is: it comes pre-installed on nearly every PC. Give people one day using MacOS X or Linux and they are hooked and never want to used Windows again. The other OS manufacuters have seen the handwriting on the wall. The day of needing a full-blown OS are coming to an end. In just a few years, most people will need only a thin client the size of a cable box to access the Internet and use any application they would ever need. They are years ahead of MS in the development of virtualization and global virtual desktops. Even today, all one needs is a small appliance with a browser and a Java Virtual Machine. My office will retire all PCs in favor of thin clients running virtual desktops within eight months.

I filed a complaint with the FTC because Apple told me if I wanted to run their OS, even though I can buy it and run it on an Intel home built pc, I must buy their overpriced hardware with it or it was illegal. Imagine if MSFT did that, they would get sued so fast. I urge all of you to file complaints so Apple must allow users to freely pick with OS they want.

There is a right click function on the touch pad…you need to press simultaneously with two fingers on the touchpad…at least I can do that w/ my MacBook purchased in July 07.

I recently purchased a MacBook Pro in December and installed XP via Parallels Desktop. I can run both OS' at the same time and the performance is great. Very pretty, relatively intuitive to use, works nicely. But here's my problem…

In my current work environment I've been using IBM/Lenovo laptops for four years running primarily on XP. I use lots of different software do NOT have a particularly high amount of RAM (1GB) or a particularly large hard drive (80GB). I never see the blue screen of death, never get viruses (we use standard anti-virus software), and don't have any problems with performance with the sole exception of Outlook getting grumpy while synching my 15,000+ contacts. This holds true for my home machine which is a desktop, even older, with even lower RAM and hard disk space.

So my question is–what are you new Mac converts doing on your PC? Surfing porn? Opening every single Nigerian bank scam? You shouldn't be seeing these major errors so it suggests you're indiscriminate in your use of the PC.

The MacBook Pro sure is pretty though. I do strongly prefer it to the Lenovo, although I wish they broke down and had a right click button on the touchpad.

Microsoft doesn't innovate they duplicate and/or purchase good looking companies. There is no doubt MS has the biggest OS in the world. It is as if the Redmond gang of coders tries to sell new PC's instead of giving buyers what they want, a fast secure machine out of the box. Instead buyers of PC's have to work through lame offers and installs of software before they can enjoy the machine they purchased. But hey if you are a monopoly you don't have to give people what they want.

Now MS wants to buy Yahoo! because MSN.com must not be the right web presence so instead of improving what they have they will buy Yahoo! shatter it into pieces, keep the parts that MS can't seem to make on their own and cast off the rest.

I think the other big problem with MS is all the good MS coders made millions on stock options through the 90's then bought a yacht. I look for Bill to come back to Redmond and boot Ballmer out the door just like Micheal Dell coming back when his business was freefalling.

Let's see an Intel Mac can run Mac OS, Windows XP and Vista, the latter two as good or better than most PC's and simultaneously Windows and Mac OS, if you choose. The Mac options and extras are more RAM or a larger hard drive, maybe a glossy screen, everything else is standard. A PC can't run Mac OS and the base unit is like a car without a radio or air conditioning because a lot of feature are optional.

Reminds me of that old song…"I can do anything you can do better…"

Now, what was your point PC users?

Only 1% of software runs on a mac and dual boot just proves that it's inferior.

Why bother!@

Philip, if you're going to include the 'UNIX variants' as one group then Mac belongs there since it's partly derived from freeBSD.

for all ya'll who have recently made the switch, i, as as an apple stockholder since 1993 and user since 1988, would like to say two things: congratulations and WE told ya so!

It's a bit of a stretch to equate these numbers to market share. Net Applications could, for example, have acquired a large client pitching services to Mac users.

Geoff Green: are you saying Windows is only for people with specialist applications?

Darren: Forcing a Mac DVD to eject — you didn't try the obvious thing of googling "Mac force eject DVD"? Lots of tricks (though I agree it would be nice if they were more obvious, I can also see the point of making it hard to eject a disk outside software control).

For me as a long-time Mac user, it's encouraging to see so many pro-Mac posts in which the name is spelt in all caps ("MAC") — usually a sign that the poster is new to Macs, as old hands realize the name is not an acronym.

Doug: before Microsoft dominated the market, a PC OS cost in the region of $50-$150. Try shopping for one at that price now (well, OK some are free). There are 3 major OS platforms today: variants on UNIX (including the free ones), Mac OS X and Windows. That is enough diversity for competition, but not so much as to fragment the market.

I would like to reiterate that these figures are measured from the server side, so they can't tell the difference between Windows running in a VM inside OSX vs Windows running natively on a non-Mac product. This means the Mac percentage is significantly understated, if you what you're trying to measure is the number of users who own OSX.

I own a macbook pro and run two windows XP VM's on it using VMWare Fusion. I spend 75% of my workdays using the Windows VM's and the rest of the time using OSX. This is a typical setup for many IT professionals like myself. Given that one of the main reasons Mac is gaining market share is that you can now run your Windows programs if you want or need to, it would be foolish to assume people aren't using Windows much on their Macs.

Bottom line: I'd add a few percentage points to the Mac figures you see here and wait for the good news in the next earnings report.

The iMac I am using utilizes both Leopard and Vista the best of both worlds. It is the PC that is at risk. There very ugly designs and franikstein hardware from machine to mahine is bringing it down. Mac is gaining ground a d for one reason … It is simply the best and people will pay more fore the BEST.

I love the concept of a win win for all as the competition between OS will propel us all into a very exciting future. We all win because of it . I love my MAC.

By the way rumor has it that Bill Gates has a MAcBOOK AIR.

I replaced my Dell Pentium 4 with a 24 in. iMac in December. I'm running the Mac OS X and Windows XP Pro via Parallels Desktop.

Works Great.

In one of my earlier projects at as a consultant, I had to work on both Mac and PC. I was amazed with the stability of Mac as I never had to restart the system more than twice for almost six month period. With windows, you all know, we need to restart the PC every day, to make it work properly. I also own a PC at home and I use it just for internet browsing. And even for that IE crashes atleast once in an hour. My next computer sure will be a MAC!!!!

It should be noted that the MAC OSX is built on the Berkeley Unix kernel and like Linux is more open than some other OSs out in the market. As noted by some on this posting, it is easier to develop for the MAC than Windows, the only reason that developers have not created as much software as they have for the windows platform is because the MAC has always had small market share, its more profitable to develop a program that you can sell to 1 million users than it is to sell to 100,000 users. Also, the MAC until recently, was only strong in the educational market. But with OS X and the internet users are beginning to adopt the MAC because these developments remove some of the limitations that the MAC had in the past.

It's been a long time coming and there were times when I doubted it myself, but it is finally happening. That Mac OS everyone is raving about, is actually BSD UNIX at the core. There are those of us that have been predicting UNIX on the desktop since the 80's. Now with Apple and Linux coming on strong and people seeing the advantages, MS is toast.

By the way, BSD and Linux are both open source so I think this also validates Mr. Stallman and other OSS advocates in their stance that OSS is relevant, effective and viable.

The best of luck to Apple, Linux and FOSS in general. The best is yet to come.

Same here, at work (the second largest software comp. in the world) we use Windows and this is frequently very frustrating. Even though I have free technical support the laptop still drives me crazy.

I bought a Mac 18 months ago for privat use and that was such a relief.

I noticed that were Windows needs several applications to do things (and hence can crash, eat up memory, etc.) with Apple I don't even know the way it runs under the hood because up to now there has never been a need top open the hood and after installing several software it still boots in approx. 12 seconds.

Windows takes approx. 2,5 minutes! (that's XP, not VISTA…..). Note: the computers are comparable with regards to memory, speed and year of build.

@Geoff Green: Wrong (as already noted). All macs shipping today (and all Intel based macs) can run windows natively either booting to Windows or through virtualization.

It's the key reason mac share is growing… now anyone who wants a mac (and buys their own system or can specify what is bought) can use one. That 1 or 2 Windows only apps you need no longer keeps you from using a mac.

In fact, last year, PC magazine found that the laptop they tested that ran Vista the fastest was, in fact, a MacBook Pro. Which is stunning since winning such a benchmark was certainly not something Apple was focused on (and, by contrast, one that you would think the other manufacturers WOULD be focused on.)

Of course if you access the internet using a Windows browser on your mac, you would show up in these stats as Windows.

And: Wrong again. Any developer can write software for the MacOS. Been that way since 1984, which Apple invented "evangelism"… the active recruitment of developers for ones platform. There is nothing closed about it. It is just not Windows. Developement is actually easier, but it is different.

On this front you've been listening to a few extraordinarily ignorant journalists who don't know the difference between FairPlay and MacOSX.

To write MacOSX software, you just write Mac OSX software. Apple gives away the tools with the OS (unlike MS which charges hundreds to thousands of dollars for tools), and exerts zero control over how you use them and how or who you give or sell the software too.

"Mac news from outside the reality distortion field"

By Philip Elmer-DeWitt

The reality distortion field?

Philip, if you and Microsoft sock-puppet Fortune are going to continue to be asshats, this will get really ugly.

Has anyone used Redmond's latest and greatest creation – they call it Vista, and it is the biggest piece of bloatware I have ever seen. I have a Thinkpad laptop with 4GB of RAM, a 200 GB hard drive and it takes me at least 15-20 minutes to load my programs and get going on the machine, and during the day half the time the computer hangs up for minutes at a time. I can't understand what its doing.

I recently purchased a MAC laptop and like the ads say it just works, I'm up and running in about 10 seconds with all programs loaded and no crashes. I'm now transitioning to the MAC and will probably not go back. Microsoft doesn't know how to build a good OS and user experience. I'm tired of wasting time with Steve Balmer's bloatware. BTW, I was on a flight recently and took a count of Windows PC vs Mac. The MAC camp won, for every 3 Macs there was 1 PC. The tide is starting to turn.

I changed for a mac book pro 6 months ago…prior to this I "enjoy" some wonderful compaq's, sony vaio, powered by the windows people…my god! now after 20 years of suffering alt+ctrl+del…plus viruses+everykind of problem I feel that during all those years somebody was stealing my money….!!!on the other hand since I HAVE MY MAC BOOK i HAVE NEVER CALLED THE TECHNICAL SERVICE ANYMORE!!! before my mac he was almost a family member since he use to come very often to fix some of the various pc at my home…off course all of my family members now have an apple…tks steve&team!

While both Windows and the Mac are fine operating systems, I prefer AOL 9.0. I wish there had been mention of it in the article

What price usability? I stuck with low cost PCs for decades, and finally jumped to a MacBook last March. I'll never go back! So often I add one more app to my Mac, and it never flinches, never hesitates, never crashes. (Remember the "Blue Screen of Death"? I haven't seen it for almost a year!) If you don't mind a half hour or longer detour when you're doing real work on your computer, stick with your PC. But if you want to maintain your thoughts while they're fresh, get a Mac! It's worth every penny.

The NetApplications data is a sample of their customers, not the web or all PCs. If most of their customers are big businesses selling to big business in the USA, the survey might make sense. It does not reflect the boom in GNU/Linux adoption in Japan, China, Indonesia, India, Brazil and Russia. w3schools.com shows more than 3% for GNU/Linux and I believe that is low, too.

Mac vs PC is so last century! It's similar to the gay vs straight argument. Only teenage boys care. I am happy with PC being the dominant OS because it keeps the teenage boys busy coding their trojan virus programs for the dominant OS.

Eric from Texas,

My AAPL holding is up 2000% since I bought 1000 shares in 1999 for $10.50 (split twice since then, and am now sitting on 4000 shares). How has MSFT done since then?…… It's "down" 40%

Moreover, AAPL hit it's high of $202 in mid December. I'm not sure how they keep track of time in Texas, but here in Indiana that would only be 1.5 months ago.

If you can't get the facts straight, how are we to take you seriously?

To Geoff Green, Macs run both systems Mac OS X and Windows natively, best of both worlds.

To Eric from Plano, check the stock for the last year and just wait by the end of this year it will be back at about $200.

What a misleading story and headline. There is virtually no change in any of the numbers in the accompanying table -as you would expect given a 1 month timeframe. Of course you will see large % increases or decreases when dealing with small numbers. Much ado about nothing – this story is nothing more than a bone for the AAPL fanboys who have been complaining about negative stories here.

APPLE is worthy of this increase in user base. Just wait till 2009 and 2010!

Apple computer's and the outperforming Leopard operating system are simply outstanding!

Great news for a great company!

Perfection!

@Darren – You've got to be joking – you have to reboot your mac to get a dvd out???? If you had a pc you could just push the button on the dvd drawer! PC for me thanks…

ex ped: tom, that's only in case of emergency. holding down the DVD eject button on a Mac will almost always do the trick.

Mac gaining users is ok but misses the issue completely. If you only need software that Mac uses then you are OK with a Mac. If you want to run very vertical applications that aren't Mac compatible then you have little choice other than a PC. Apple needs to open up their architecture and let people write software for their OS to make any meaningfull difference. Who cares if Mac OS is "better" if it doesn't do what I need it to do???

@ Darren

Restart your Mac if your DVD is not ejecting then drag your DVD to the trash and it will eject.

@Darren.

Push the mouse button while booting your system… this will eject DVD.

I spent the last 20 years kicking sand in the faces of anyone who muttered Mac or Apple OS. My allegiance was firmly with the Windows-gang and we were not afraid to be bullies about it, and openly hostile towards anyone who suggested there was a better way.

However, very deep down, I hated the gang, and I resented the painful initiation that went with it. Every fw years there would be a rework in the ranks, and I'd have to spend more time re-learning my daily routines. I think I had subconscious yearnings to leave the gang, but my vast library of family photos, music, and other files kept me firmly glued to the existing order.

Well, last weekend after devastating crashes on two of my machines, and a pent up frustration over the daily ritual of program glitches, IP-addresses not recognized, failed installations, slowdowns, printers-not-found, and random bluescreens, I finally walked into an Apple store and touched a Mac for the first time in my life. 15 minutes later I was in my car driving away with an iMac, 15 more minutes and I was up and running.

In short, I will never look back. Sure, my friends kick sand in my face now, but at least I get 100% efficiency from my computer each and every time I sit down. As the advertisements say, it ~does~ "just work." And it is such a relief to know that computers really can be a tool to help make our lives more livable once again.

Now if I could only figure out how to eject this damned DVD.

Windows taking about 91% of market share is just about right for the health of US economy. If Windows market share goes below 85%, we might be thrown back to the dark early 80's. At that dark age, here were many competing OS's and software companies were forced to spend innumerable hours to make sure their product run on all name-brand OS's, not to mention the confusion caused to the average consumers.

The great contribution that Microsoft did was significantly shortening product development cycle and also signficantly reducing development costs. That reduced price of software for an average consumer.

If the Windows lose control of the market, the price of software will go up steeply. And, more tech jobs will go overseas.

Who cares, wow Mac is finally at their highest point ever and has 76 people out of every 1000 using a Mac, for every 13 people using a PC there's one person using a Mac. Why wasn't this article about how horrible APPL stock is doing? Even if they're overall number of users are up by ~3%, APPL stock has gone down 40% in the last five months. So yeah…

I switched from using PCs for 10 years to using a Mac about 1.5 years ago. There is such s huge difference in usability its ridiculous. I never get viruses, don't have to worry about updating any security or any of that crap. My MacBook Pro has worked flawlessly since I bought it.

Its really simple to understand why Macs work so much better than PCs. Apple makes the hardward and the software. They are made for each other. Microsoft only makes software. Dell, HP, Sony, etc. They make the hardware. So there are glitches and gaps that hackers can get to.

And using a Mac is easy. It's made to be used by regular people. PCs run Windows, and the only thing you think of is bugs when you think of Windows.

I was once a Mac hater. I even went so far as to go into an Apple store with a friend and ask a rep what's the difference between a Mac and a PC. I asked if they could both do the same things. The sales rep said yeah you can do the same things with both. SO I walked out thinking I was right. Then I used one about a year later. Night and day. I will NEVER, EVER use a PC again.

Just go into an Apple store and use one for 15 minutes. Ask the reps if you don't understand something. I guarantee, you will end up being a Mac lover like myself. They do cost a little more, but they're worth it.

Get a Mac.

the MacOS market share increase was to be expected what is shocking to me in a positive way

is the iphone numbers the iphone is going to be the next platform of choice for developers , let's just wait for the SDK later this month

% of change doesn't really say much without actual numbers. If looking at % out of 1000 Windows lost 33 of their original 9179 whereas Mac added 26 to their original 731. That seems, to me, pretty insignificant when factoring in any error with capturing the information. A +/- % error of .2 could account for those numbers with nothing actually changing.

A new MacBook user (Nov 07) and i will never buy another PC. I installed XP on the MacBook from my free OEM Disc from the old PC and it works better than XP on my new Dell Laptop from work.

One question, what do these percentages mean in terms of User Numbers?

How can market share be up 21.7% from January 2008 when that just completed? Don't you mean January 2007? Plz to proofread.

ex ped: Right you are. Fixed. Thanks much.

The author needs to rewrite this report.

His narrative does not jive withthe chart……terrible piece of writing.

ex ped: Could you be more specific? Where does the narrative not jive with the chart? Thanks.

Ever since I switched to Apple, I've never looked back. I still have a backup Windows machine, but have no plans to upgrade XT. Safari, on the other hand, has made me a believer.