machavez00
08-12-07, 09:05 AM
Full article here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2167874,00.asp
Apple's Mac Set to Soar
08.08.07
The stars have aligned for Apple's share of the computer market to explode.
Lance Ulanoff
Total posts: 15
By Lance Ulanoff
Apple review, Apple commentary, Apple news... Everything Apple
Historians may well mark columnist John C. Dvorak's recent
"Me and My Mac" (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2162397,00.asp)article as a turning point for the beloved, albeit second-tier, Mac platform. It's a ludicrous concept, though, since Dvorak is simply reading and reacting to the writing on the wall. (John, of course, would relish the idea of being noted on Wikipedia as "The Man Who Started It All.")
The fact of the matter is that this is simply the Mac's time.
* Me and My Mac (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2162397,00.asp)
* Everything Apple (http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1874,1995378,00.asp)
When we do, eventually, look back—and a decade or so from now, we will—we'll try to pinpoint the moment when Apple's Macintosh and OS X began to pick up significant steam.
Was it when OS X first launched, or the arrival of the first all-in-one, flat-panel iMac? Perhaps it was the moment when Apple chose Intel (and maybe Intel chose Apple)? Maybe it was the lackluster launch and sales performance of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system?
I'd say all of these elements share credit (some might say blame). In fact, it's the confluence of these and other events that make this the perfect time for Apple's market share to creep up past 10 percent to 15 and then 20 and then, well, beyond.
Apple's Mac Set to Soar
08.08.07
The stars have aligned for Apple's share of the computer market to explode.
Lance Ulanoff
Total posts: 15
By Lance Ulanoff
Apple review, Apple commentary, Apple news... Everything Apple
Historians may well mark columnist John C. Dvorak's recent
"Me and My Mac" (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2162397,00.asp)article as a turning point for the beloved, albeit second-tier, Mac platform. It's a ludicrous concept, though, since Dvorak is simply reading and reacting to the writing on the wall. (John, of course, would relish the idea of being noted on Wikipedia as "The Man Who Started It All.")
The fact of the matter is that this is simply the Mac's time.
* Me and My Mac (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2162397,00.asp)
* Everything Apple (http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1874,1995378,00.asp)
When we do, eventually, look back—and a decade or so from now, we will—we'll try to pinpoint the moment when Apple's Macintosh and OS X began to pick up significant steam.
Was it when OS X first launched, or the arrival of the first all-in-one, flat-panel iMac? Perhaps it was the moment when Apple chose Intel (and maybe Intel chose Apple)? Maybe it was the lackluster launch and sales performance of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system?
I'd say all of these elements share credit (some might say blame). In fact, it's the confluence of these and other events that make this the perfect time for Apple's market share to creep up past 10 percent to 15 and then 20 and then, well, beyond.