Comment I predicted this in January (Score 1) 789
Hmmm, I predicted this in January. To quote from my article:
"With the recent raft of underwhelming presentations on Windows Vista and the gradual loss of originally planned features in it, and Apple Macintosh moving to Intel processors, it wouldn't be unreasonable to see Macintosh gain ground this year, here's how I think it will happen.
Microsoft will release Vista with their usual marketing hype, claiming that it is fantastic and probably bring back the "10 reasons to upgrade". Apple will release their next version of Macintosh with a lot of marketing along the lines of "most of the stuff in Vista we had five years ago, and look what we've got now...even better, it runs on YOUR PC", effectively canning their "Mac Box Only" pseudo-restrictions. Apple, with their increased presence, thanks to the iPod, will gain customers with the more secure, and more impressive OS.
I am really gaining the impression that Apple have lost their "also-ran" status from public perception with the iPod and iTunes and their general "nice guy" appearance, this will help them win customers from Microsoft. Also I think the general public are starting to wake up to the fact that, despite Microsoft claims, new versions of Windows are rarely more stable than the last, and the "new features" aren't all that exciting after all. Whilst the general public will see this as a way to escape the MS security problems, IT people will see it as a way to make vulnerabilities less attractive to "malicious users" as they won't have the same large scale effect.
I forsee Open Office using this to their advantage, perhaps making a deal with Apple to include Open Office in Mac OS."
Samuel Gordon-Stewart
Canberra
"With the recent raft of underwhelming presentations on Windows Vista and the gradual loss of originally planned features in it, and Apple Macintosh moving to Intel processors, it wouldn't be unreasonable to see Macintosh gain ground this year, here's how I think it will happen.
Microsoft will release Vista with their usual marketing hype, claiming that it is fantastic and probably bring back the "10 reasons to upgrade". Apple will release their next version of Macintosh with a lot of marketing along the lines of "most of the stuff in Vista we had five years ago, and look what we've got now...even better, it runs on YOUR PC", effectively canning their "Mac Box Only" pseudo-restrictions. Apple, with their increased presence, thanks to the iPod, will gain customers with the more secure, and more impressive OS.
I am really gaining the impression that Apple have lost their "also-ran" status from public perception with the iPod and iTunes and their general "nice guy" appearance, this will help them win customers from Microsoft. Also I think the general public are starting to wake up to the fact that, despite Microsoft claims, new versions of Windows are rarely more stable than the last, and the "new features" aren't all that exciting after all. Whilst the general public will see this as a way to escape the MS security problems, IT people will see it as a way to make vulnerabilities less attractive to "malicious users" as they won't have the same large scale effect.
I forsee Open Office using this to their advantage, perhaps making a deal with Apple to include Open Office in Mac OS."
Samuel Gordon-Stewart
Canberra
