Daniel Hruska Macs are no longer those expensive computers with weird systems. With its products, Apple is increasingly entering the subconscious of ordinary people who are not interested in the IT world.
The latest blockbuster is the MacBook Air, which literally goes wild and belongs to the top in its category of ultrabooks. In the Czech Republic, the native Czech localization of OS X Lion can help the spread of Apple computers, and therefore OS X itself.
There are certainly more factors influencing the increasing share of OS X among operating systems. Either way - 6,03% of all computers in the world are currently running OS X, which is a very nice number. Windows is installed on almost 93% of computers, and Linux still hovers around 1%.
If we look at the US market, we find that OS X is doing the best here because it is still the number one market for Apple. In our Czech basin, OS X is installed on roughly every twenty-second computer, and so far it has taken a 4,50% share. I was quite surprised by the more than 12% share of Linux in our country, because back in May 2011 its share was 1,73%. Apparently there was a bug in the statistics.
Statistics on the share of individual versions of OS X also provide interesting numbers. The share of OS X Lion, introduced only at the end of July 2011, is a very respectable 17%. Snow Leopard holds the majority and its predecessor Leopard still runs on almost a fifth of Apple computers.
Discussion question: Do you think OS X will ever exceed 10% globally?
source: netmarketshare.com
well, I think that the rise of the iPhone and iPad and other products could one day give Mac OS over 10%
""Macs are no longer those expensive computers with weird systems"
Believe me, there are councils. Don't be delusional.
The question is, why do you go to websites with content that does not interest you :-) Even if, in fact, there is no value in responding to anonymous contributions.
I would say that the person in question is not saying at all that he is not interested in the issue or that he does not know how to read between the lines. The person in question mentioned (at least from the possible variants of the interpretation of his answer) that he still thinks about OS X systems, that their concept is strange even after the success of idevices for ordinary users.
Personally, I will think about the transition, but the first thing I would probably have to do is virtualization of windows :))). Mainly because of work
or it was simply a matter of price... but it's true that it's hard to compare a Volvo with a Škoda, even if they're both cars (put other cars in order to avoid misunderstandings again, on the scale of luxury vs. ordinary "thing"...)..
I somehow misunderstood the Mac OS-9 splash icon when this article talks about OS-X…
Do you mean the finder icon?
Yeah, I mean the design of my nails:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7755459/logo_finder.jpg
It's true that MACs are always THOSE computers with a weird system, and I'd say 6% is the maximum. With the advent of WIN8, osx will lose its position again.
Jobs and company know this very well - that's why it is already possible to install Win on a Mac today.
This article is sure to cause dissent again, but it's not aimed at anyone, it's just a prophet of development, even if some people don't like it, because people simply don't have time to look for alternative players, file openers, etc. People want a COMPATIBLE system that works on 99,9999% of computers and there will simply never be any US system with 4% in the Czech Republic.
That's what I can think of - in the Czech Republic there are 4% PCs. That the system of gays……..
pako
If people want a working system, everyone I know who switched to MAC OS X switched because WIN just doesn't work and doesn't do what it's supposed to. If I'm not an IT specialist, it simply doesn't do what it's supposed to.
I'm quite curious how long you've had the opportunity to work with MAC OS X. Me 3 years and I know I won't change. The price is higher, but if I count all the SW on WIN in legal versions (!!!) and add the price for managing the computer by an expert, I'm higher than with MAC.
PS: "hot guys" are currently around 12% ... don't worry :)))
Exactly.. I want a working tool and not an interactive game like "build a working machine, find adequate software and avoid all trojans,...". I put the DVD with the movie in the unpacked Mac and watch it.. I put the DVD with the movie in the raw Wins and the Wins ask "What do you want from us? Find something on the net to play it with".
No thanks, I want to efficiently produce work and not waste time potty training a Tamagotchi…
:-DD I would just guess that the generally valid advice will no longer apply on a Mac - in 99% of cases a restart will help, or try to uninstall and reinstall it... (I believe that almost everyone has done it :)
It's your opinion and I don't take it from you, but I'd be interested in why you think that something big will change after WIN8? If it's a "Microsoft" style change, it won't have much of an impact on it... The fact that the Mac is expanding is not related to the fact that Microsoft is useless, but that Apple is going differently and reaching more people than before, and besides, not many people knew about it before. Now people have iPhones and iPads and take care of the company, etc. Many people come to Mac this way
PS: I'm one of them too ;)
Well, I would say that you are more of a limited Windows user, because if you followed the events around PCs and Macs, you would have known long ago that Windows is not at the top like it used to be, and it is precisely because of the compatibility, stability and 100% functionality of Mac OS compared to Windows. Because more and more people understand that if they want to do their work quickly, easily and without wasting time, it can be done without wrinkles on Mac, which can never be said with certainty on Windows. This will always be a major difference between these systems, Windows as a universal tool for work and play, which in itself says, I am universal, I will run everywhere, but I will never work at 100% and I will never have 100% hardware with software, because I am universal . Yes, a lot of people are comfortable with Windows, because everyone in Europe grew up on it, so this system is in almost every home, but unfortunately, someone does not even know the alternative in the form of Mac OS, and therefore even most of these people do not want to learn something else, because they are afraid of change or they are just lazy to learn and that's how it will always be and that's why microsoft is betting on these people because show me what microsoft has done since XP that they were still worth anything. They made Vista, which they praised terribly at first, but it soon turned out that they were Microsoft's biggest mistake, so they started working on Windows7, for which they understood that the path led elsewhere, so they copied from Mac OS what was possible for their interface, and suddenly we have Windows 7 and all of microsoft proclaims what a great system they invented, while it is partly a copy of older versions of Mac OS, but only in terms of appearance, because the same cannot be said about functionality and stability compared to Mac OS, but even so, Windows 7 was a big leap forward for microsoft. However, history repeats itself and Microsoft is trying to bring the new version of Windows even closer to Mac OS, but the question remains, what can Microsoft change in the core of the system to make it at least half as functional and stable as Mac OS, I think they still have a long way And all this is the reason why Apple is growing with its Macs, because people don't want a universal system and constantly have to set up, modify, reinstall something. They just want to work, have fun and do everything immediately, without any waiting and wasting time. And that's what Mac OS can offer today, and that's why its power and people's trust in it keeps growing.
sorry for a few grammar mistakes… it was written quickly and without checking…
Hey. I have both a PC and a Mac (now with Lion). That MS is copying the MacOS interface !! Tell me what specifically?! They seem diametrically different to me. Ease of use - for me, Win is ahead. System stability … Mac mi min. Windows 2 freezes twice a week, it hasn't happened to me for a long time. And I'm not talking about the fact that Lion still doesn't support TRIM for my SSD drive. I don't think everything on Mac is as rosy as you describe it here!!!
And where did you read that Lion does not support SSD? ;-)
http://thetechjournal.com/tech-news/mac-os-x-lion-trim-for-ssds.xhtml
That vistas are bad is quite a slander. It was a huge leap in stability compared to windows xp. They got a bad reputation precisely because of not 100% compatibility with older programs. This was fixed in Windows 7, which is basically indistinguishable from Vista...
it's interesting that people around Win who have seen samples of the new Win8 are already announcing that they will run to Apple :) I don't see it so bleakly, Win8 looks good, but I still think that the 10% will be fine. Just a few more products like the iPhone, iPad and Macbook Air...Win is expanded mainly thanks to cheap PCs and components from anywhere and thanks to Offices, and it will be difficult to move with such a percentage advantage, but it is still successful. Basically, I can thank mobile phones for this, when competitors with OS suddenly appeared from several sides, and either MS will consolidate that position now, or there will be a split into several platforms, and not only for mobile phones. OS X has more competition in this way, not so much in Win as rather in Android, which is starting to expand. I've been following Apple since I owned its direct competitor, the Commodore Amiga. When Commodore went down, I didn't like to come to PC, and if Apple had been more affordable at that time or where to buy it, I probably would have had it by now. Only now have they approached me and made me buy my first Apple, an iPad (interesting, I already have an Android). In the Czech Republic, purchasing power has already changed and not everyone runs for the cheapest, but also for what is best for them, and this is how it works in America with those "idiots". (Unfortunately, this is no longer true today there are already more idiots from our schools thanks to the super system where everyone shouts when someone wants to change it, because today even a four-wheeler goes to university - but that doesn't belong here) Win7 succeeded and that's enough, but it's true that it's all a lot about habit and here people are terribly lazy and conservative to go elsewhere. I understand that it can also cause losses to someone and it is up to the OS manufacturer to make it easier or more unpleasant for him. The chance to break Win's supremacy is now great and it doesn't have to be OS-X.
It's probably a gay system, I'm one of them and I even own three Macs :-D
I only have two Macs and I'm not them. No need to buy the third tent :D
I have one, if I buy another one, I won't at least be bi... ? :)
I left Windows when Vista came out and switched to Linux, which suited me perfectly in everything except that Adobe CS didn't run under it, that is, I was forced to virtualize Win and switch between the two operating systems. I always had problems with Windows. When the hardware was already out of date and the software requirements were increasing, I had to upgrade, but again it would only be possible to install Lnux and virtualize win.. the alternative and the best was Apple. I have an iMac 27″ in the highest configuration and I am completely satisfied, it runs without problems, whether it is work, multimedia or occasionally playing games, I do not turn it off, I do not restart it, it runs always and always just as reliably.
BEST SYSTEM :-)
I think it's good that windows have "competition" which definitely benefits everyone. But I am very afraid that Microsoft has started to copy Apple's business system in the form of an app store. I am afraid that the system with ios will go into an ordinary environment, where a person cannot install anything that Apple does not allow and that does not take its share. Unfortunately, I don't see a very rosy future where we will give up a lot of freedom for a little comfort. I would quite like to see this end in some kind of lawsuit where the possibility of alternative "app stores" is allowed.
I wouldn't want an alternative to the AppStore. With Apple, I am sure that the application does what it is supposed to do. God forbid that atrocities happen to me in the form of a falling and non-functioning iPhone due to an untuned application, which, in addition to entertainment, I mainly use for phone calls with customers ;)
If the Linux community had a "firm" hand on software publishing, I think Linux would be at more than 12%, and not only here. I am not against openness in general, but openness in attacks and more control in the final distribution to people.
Unfortunately, I also thought this way (in my opinion, naively). But my experience shows that the appstore is full of fraudulent apps with false or misleading descriptions (which remain in the appstore for a suspiciously long time despite Apple's warning). It's quite common for apps or data to come out that don't work, keep crashing, or cause data loss (the "advantage" is that it only applies to that app) where you can see that no one has tested the app...
I think that it is necessary to see not only comfort, but also safety. As more than one analyst and IT specialist has said, iOS and MAC is safe due to its "closure". Especially with a view to the future, I think there will come a time when attacks on MT will be common, I can't even imagine what an iPhone data leak would mean for my work. If I keep complete addresses, e-mails, private phone numbers of clients for contacts. This control gives me at least a little security and peaceful sleep. Especially knowing that if I lose my phone, it's locked and I can delete its contents through MobileMe.
And as far as the AppStore is concerned - this is where I see the biggest possibility of introducing harmful software for laymen, ordinary users, Apple's control is not 100%, but it is! I don't think a lawsuit will solve it, you buy an Apple product under certain conditions, if you don't agree with them, we're sorry, there are those who will agree. You can't please everyone, and Apple knows that very well, and they don't even try to.
The main concern about security is that Apple only has the 6%. If he had more, he would be in the same situation as Microsoft and being closed won't help him (see jailbreak - just upload a pdf and someone already has access to your data, security holes will be found all over the place...).
Regarding the conditions, it's already such an absurdity. As long as there is another option, I don't mind. I see the risk in the fact that everyone will start behaving like apple (in part they already do) and then you won't have a choice.
SAFARI:
Why do I use IE9, because I can easily open the website of an internet casino, play an online casino, then download the casino (not possible on a mac!) and play the slots.
Then I go to sites with themes over 18 years old and I play everything without a problem.
Then I log in to all the accounts in five banks through the automatic password filling and EVERYTHING WORKS 100%
SAFARI does not allow me ANY of the above!!! (maybe I will log in to approx. 2 banks)
CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY I WOULD WANT 4%. should the system have denied all this?
APPLE YES - but only with WIN.
Ps: it's interesting that everyone curses Vista and praises w7. They don't understand that Vista is exactly the same as win7, which are just a little bit more simple...
I don't have a Mac (I'm going to buy one tomorrow) but you're pretty stupid (I don't know what else to call you) Nobody forces you to use Safari on a Mac! you can have a chrome mozilla aspol there. so there is no problem with the banks and the fact that you are some kind of gambler is your problem....most people don't bet like that. IE is not there, but who cares? I don't know how it is with porn... I didn't have the chance to try it, but there is definitely no problem with it. You can also play some video from the Internet on your iPhone. Anyway, to sum it up, you must be a stupid gambler who probably chases you often because no one flirts with you
Horst, by your IP address I know where the wind is blowing from, so don't use the DE alias 5 bank accounts...
my ip address changes every day
I use o2 mobile unlimited internet
Are you trying to tell me that depending on the ip variable you know who I am and where I have honors? Ok fine - I'll give you 1000 CZK if you hack my PC and extract the data and I'll give you another thousand if you show me someone whose iPhone has NEVER crashed - but I don't see how you can do it?
I just want to say that neither win nor ios osx, etc. is fully functional and everything has its errors.
Please be objective in our discussions. Fanaticism about Apple and Win is bad.
WHO WROTE HERE THERE ARE 12% OF THE WARM??? I don't know a single one personally! They're not really - it's just a kind of fashion, but it doesn't really belong here...
Kind of fashion? It really shows that you haven't met anyone. Most likely a gentleman from the old school. I don't envy this boy. But now we are very offtopic.
After 15 years with win, my next computer will be a Mac. The only problem is what will I have four PCs for at the same time :-(
Well, it's just a shame that the graphs aren't quite accurate or it's not written where the OS is running. If I take servers, for example, they run (I'm not afraid to say) 99% on NIX. Likewise, most specialized computers run on NIX. Those graphs probably tell about the situation in the households of the three regions. If we talk about the global ratio of OS on all HW, then I think that NIX and MS will come out equal... more like NIX and MAC third. As for reliability, NIX is the first, then nothing for a long, long time, then MAC and finally MS. For example, in order for MS to run in a company with a thousand PCs, the user's ability to set up must be limited and the entire network must be behind a server running on NIX. That's just a fact.
Highlighting MS with 99% is a bit silly and gives the impression of a super extended OS. The fact that it is on many PCs is only thanks to NIX. It's only a matter of time before Linux Mint or MAC, for example, enters the office. So far, MS has nothing to offer as an alternative.
We'll see in a few years. :)