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Windows 7 Vs Mac – Apple Has Plans To Spoil Windows 7 Party?

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Re: Windows 7 Vs Mac – Apple Has Plans To Spoil Windows 7 Party?

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Post by mayank25may »

rwilliams wrote: post #2

Apple is feeling the discomfort regarding the windows 7 launch... nothing more..!

well.... may be yeah... if windows 7 is a success then share of mac might take a hit. let v how good is win 7. i just hope it is not as bad as vista.

Re: Windows 7 Vs Mac – Apple Has Plans To Spoil Windows 7 Party?

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Post by mooism2 »

jlees wrote: post #4

What's the point of Apple spitting on Windows 7? It's not as if that huge market of existing PC owners just wanting to upgrade their machines can go out and (legally) put OSX on there.

But there are lots of Mac users who used to be Windows users. Apple would like them not to switch back. So it's not in Apple's interest for Windows 7 to be perceived as "Windows done right". Hence their attempt to ensure that idea doesn't take hold, right from the get go.

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Post by m_eiman »

jlees wrote: post #4

What's the point of Apple spitting on Windows 7? It's not as if that huge market of existing PC owners just wanting to upgrade their machines can go out and (legally) put OSX on there.

The point is that people with eight year old computers are going to get new hardware and not just the OS, and then when they realize that it's a big jump to go from XP to Win 7 (copy files over, install all their old apps and hope they're still working, etc), they might as well get one of them cool Macs.

Something like that.

Re: Windows 7 Vs Mac – Apple Has Plans To Spoil Windows 7 Party?

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Post by chanux »

I'm not clear whether these are from Apple folks or the writer himself. But I don't see them strong.

# Macs are easy to connect with widespread iPhones and iPods

well.. Is there any difficulty connecting them with windows?

# About 80% of PC users are still using Windows XP and

upgrading from XP to Windows 7 is a arduous and punishing task.

If the problem is pain of _upgrading_ getting a mac won't help.

There should be stronger points I guess :).

Re: Windows 7 Vs Mac – Apple Has Plans To Spoil Windows 7 Party?

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Post by thaumaturgy »

m_eiman wrote: post #6
jlees wrote: post #4

What's the point of Apple spitting on Windows 7? It's not as if that huge market of existing PC owners just wanting to upgrade their machines can go out and (legally) put OSX on there.

The point is that people with eight year old computers are going to get new hardware and not just the OS, and then when they realize that it's a big jump to go from XP to Win 7 (copy files over, install all their old apps and hope they're still working, etc), they might as well get one of them cool Macs. Something like that.

Sure, except that these companies don't seem to realize that the average computer user today doesn't like having to figure things out.

If you just use your computer for email and a bit of web stuff every other day or so, and you've been using Windows XP, you don't want to move to a Mac. You'll find it frustrating because things aren't where you expect them to be and you don't get to have all the same programs on your computer. Likewise, if you're a long-time Mac user, it doesn't matter how good Windows 7 is -- you don't want to use it, because it's too different from what you know.

The majority of computer users now are not hobbyists or tinkerers, and these two companies' marketing strategies are so out of sync with their customer base that it would be hilarious if it wasn't sad.

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