ArsTechnica posted the latest operating system market share statistics. As of December, 2009, Windows is still the lions share of the market at 92.21%. OS/X is a very distant second at 5.11% and Linux trails at 1.02%.
The trend is very slightly downward for Windows. It went from 93.66% in January, 2009 to 92.21% [...]
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It’s market share time again – who’s winning? Windows, of course.
January 21st, 2010 · View Comments · Computing
Putting things in perspective
November 6th, 2009 · View Comments · Computing
The hot technical topic is alternative operating systems. But, with the release of Windows 7, let’s put things into perspective.
Here are the estimated Worldwide OS usage figures for October 2009:
70.48 – Windows XP
18.83 – Windows Vista
2.82 – OS/X 10.5
2.15 – Windows 7
1.17 – OS/X 10.6
0.96 – Linux (all versions)
0.93 – OS/X 10.4
0.78 – Windows [...]
Apple-Dell Price Comparison
June 12th, 2009 · View Comments · Computing, Mac
After Apple’s new laptop announcement I was curious about the price difference between Apple and Dell. I mostly ignored the Windows vs. OS/X value proposition but equated OS/X Leopard with Vista Home Premium (not basic).
Many of the comparisons I’ve seen try to put dollar figures on intangibles like the value of the iLife suite against [...]
What do those weird Mac symbols mean?
April 28th, 2009 · View Comments · Mac
Mac’s like their inexplicable keyboard symbols. Mac documentation, both for Apple software and third-party software make heavy use of keyboard symbols and often don’t take time to explain them. It takes a little hunting around to find what the characters mean.
Keyboard keys are the first, biggest stumbling block when switching to a Mac from Windows [...]
Held Back
December 9th, 2008 · View Comments · Computing
Microsoft’s biggest problem today is they are overwhelmed with the complexity of their software and hampered by their ancient code and old tools.
This is a quote from Keith Curtis, a former developer at Microsoft. And it matches my own perceptions.
I was asked, semi-jokingly, by a co-worker why I hated Microsoft. I told him [...]
