Apple: Windows 7 is still Windows, complex and expensive
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 26.10.2009
Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversApple has come out swinging, or at least Brian Croll, Vice President of Apple's Mac OS X worldwide product marketing has when it comes to the new offerings from Microsoft.
Croll states that "Windows users are really tired of all the headaches that they've been getting over the years, starting all the way back from Windows Me to NT to Vista and now Windows 7," he said. "As a result, I think people are looking for something different, and the Mac offers real ease of use, stability and security."
In his defense, Apple did just release their quarterly earnings which do backup some of his statements. In Q3 (July to the end of September) Apple had its best quarter ever for Mac sales; this would indicate that more users are switching to OS X than keeping Windows.
Croll did not stop there; he went on to say that "Windows 7 is still just Windows. It doesn't change a lot. It's still complex, it's still really expensive when you look at the cost of the upgrade, and there's still security concerns," he said.
"It also still requires a lot of assembly. It turns out when you get Windows 7 it doesn't even have some of the basic applications like mail or chat, or programs to manage your photos. You actually have to go and find them and download them."
The irony, in his second statement, is that if Microsoft were to include such applications they would come under fire for anti-competitive practices. The latest issues over including IE 8 as the default web browser can attest to Microsoft's lack of inclusion of such programs.
There is more mud slinging over at telegraph.co.uk but can you blame Apple for being a bit nervous? When Vista launched it had a negative public perception that Apple was able to use to its advantage. Apple recently announced some product refreshes and a new mouse two days before the Windows 7 launch. Shortly after the Windows 7 launch, Apple released three new "I'm a Mac" adverts targeted at Windows 7. Now that Windows 7 has launched and is receiving public praise, what will Apple's new strategy be?
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Comments(10)
in the hope that stupid ppl will keep buying crappy macs.
ha. yeah right. the cost to buy mac hardware is so much more than comparable win/*nix
hardware to make that statement laughable.
and security. last i checked the
mac notebook has been the first one hacked at security conference 2 years running.
mac lies better than just about any polititian that i can think of. they lie so well that
there are millions of idiots that buy overpriced hardware just because jobs and company
tell them to.
if you like mac os, them build yourself a hackintosh.
mac is a joke. it's a rubbish os. apple should go commit suicide
the irony of what apple is saying is truly amazing. they can't compete honestly so they
do this sort of nonsense. like their i hate pc commercials. they never actually show you
why they believe macs are better than pcs. they just say that they hate pcs over and over
again.
btw, you can now install windows 7 natively on a recent mac without using bootcamp or
even having osx at all.....
apple = so you expect people to pay like £700+ for your computers which with an os that
has hardly no third-party compatiblity at all. expect special programs..
hmm
i'll stay with windows, piss of apple.
"it also still requires a lot of assembly. it turns out when you get windows 7 it
doesn't even have some of the basic applications like mail or chat, or programs to manage
your photos. you actually have to go and find them and download them."
that's exactly what went on in my mind..
apparently he thinks his customers
are suffering so much from mental retardation, that the simple task, of typing msn.com and
clicking 'download' is too complex for them..
i feel sorry for all the mac
users out there.. it is a little silly to buy extremely overprized computers with shitty
operating systems..
but apparently, apple thinks their customers are totally, and
completely mentally retarded.. i mean... if microsoft said this about windows users. i
would be pissed!
mac is for retards, but even retards are better off with
windows. fück mac!
mac is gay.
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By yoyoma on 26.10.2009 - 23:10