Btw, This MARKETSHARE for the US only. Those IDC/Gartner numbers at 9% are for US Retail only. The mac is and always will be a bi-coastal effete American indulgence and fart in the wind when it comes to Windows and Linux.

The world doesn't really give two isht's about bubbly icons and accesorizing themselves with iProducts.

Posted By Mike Lazarus, Melbourne, Australia

Yeah, there spelling and use of words is sometimes not good. Yet they all drive nice cars that they payed for with money form the businesses were they run PC and not Mac. The PC has it’s problem but its a real business machine and the Mac is not, thats why they can make so much money as businessman.

Posted By timboM, Madison, WI

Seriously? Do I even have to point all incorrect wording in those to comments?

Jimbo…erad the comments before you post buddy. Mac User was responding to Paul's comment about driving a Yugo.

Reading these comments sometimes remind me of an English Football match. "You better like my team or I'm gonna kick your arse!"

It's 11:30 p.m. now, and I'm going to bed!

The PCs at work are slower, more cumbersome, less efficient. Finding a single file (one I've created, a software file, or other) can be like finding a needle in a haystack. The computer is slow – one of the most irritating things about working on computers is when they don't keep up anywhere near your speed of thought. The medical record software on the PC is torture in this respect.

Sometimes, however, I admit that word processing on the Mac's OS X can be a bit of a pain, as MS Word is not part of the standard package. (Though I remember learning how to use MS Word on my old Apple Macintosh Classic!)

Oh, and I drive a Prius.

And anyone who thinks Mac users or Prius drivers think they're "better" human beings may have an inferiority complex of their own.

(And, Tonto, NY, NY – didn't you just resort to "name calling" yourself?)

Further, to state that the market share for Macs hasn't moved much in 20 years is just about the height of ignorance. Mac market share was stuck in the 4%-5% range for a decade. It's now up to a little over 9%, and growing.

I laugh at your comments about being for graphics and entertainment. The old argument used to be "no one will buy a Mac because they aren't good for games." Now it's changed. Check the reviews of Leopard and of the most recent Macs in all of the major pubs – including the PC centric pubs. All say that Macs are far more productive and are fitting very well into corporate environments.

Finally, I'm sure that your mom is very proud of you buying an overpriced and underperforming Lexus with cash, but that doesn't matter a pinch of s**t as far as computers go. Just shows you know how to waste money. Take a few bucks and get educated on computers instead of overpaying for a car.

I mean where was the report of Mac OS share drop back in July? It dropped 0.18%, far larger than a 0.02% drop. How about the 0.1% April drop? Or the 0.09% February drop? All of these drops were far larger than the one in October, so why make a fuss now? It's just noise in the signal. Look at last year, 2007, oh my god, Mac OS share dropped in October, as well! A whole 0.05%. There were also drops in March, June and July. What's the fuss about?

ex ped: "I mean where was the report of Mac OS share drop back in July? It dropped 0.18%, far larger than a 0.02% drop. How about the 0.1% April drop? Or the 0.09% February drop?"

Apple 2.0 covered the February drop here. We were on vacation for the July dip. Sorry.

I'm new to Mac. I bought an iMac because I like the look, and it's easier for my wife to use. And I did install and run Vista on it because I'm more productive using Vista (honestly, I am new to Mac). I guess many windows users moving start buying Macs because now they can use both OS's.