Distrust for Windows Could Help Apple
A new report out by market research firm Forrester suggests that Apple could double its market share through defections from the Windows platform alone. The firm said that much of this has to do with customers' deep distrust of Microsoft.
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14.4.2006 Apple, Microsoft on Windows on Mac
Microsoft's response to Apple's release of Boot Camp with a positive statement:
"Windows is a great operating system," a Microsoft statement said. "We're pleased that Apple customers are excited about running it, and that Apple is responding to meet the demand."
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8.4.2006 Apple: Give Up on Windows Vista!
You know that old saying… all is fair in operating system measuring contests? Well, enter the unorthodox daddy of all operating system measuring contests…
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22.11.2007 Apple Safari 4 beta - not for Windows 7
Safari 4 beta work only in Windows XP and Vista. Apple has released to public beta its Safari 4 web browser, and I thought I’d give it a hands-on spin to see what all the fuss is about. Here are my first impressions and review.
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24.2.2009 Microsoft introduces Apple-like tours of Windows 7
Microsoft has introduced some product tours of Windows 7 in action, similar to Apple's guided tours.
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29.6.2009 Windows Server 2008 Domain Re-Directs To Apple
A solution provider in Florida that owns the domain name windowsserver2008.com has re-directed the URL to Apple's online store, where visitors are greeted by a giant image of the recently unveiled MacBook Air.
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1.2.2008 Windows 7 to open another round in Apple-Microsoft rivalry
Will Windows 7 blunt some of Apple’s momentum? At least one analyst thinks it’s possible.
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3.6.2009 Apple names Mac OS X Leopard: Windows Vista 2.0
Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference that started today will apparently be the host of a surprising and clear shot at Microsoft’s next-generation OS Vista. This is probably how Steve Jobs is hoping to attract attention on his Macintosh alternative, Leopard OS.
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7.8.2006 iCar by Apple
Apple Announces iPhone
Macworld is going on right now, and Apple’s biggest announcement of the day so far has been the introduction of the iPhone.
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9.1.2007 Get ready for the summer of Apple
Apple is preparing for one of the most pivotal summers in its history. On June 29, the company is expected to release the iPhone, perhaps one of the most hyped gadgets in history and a clear sign of where CEO Steve Jobs is placing his bets.
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9.6.2007 Apple twice the price of PCs
Research by analyst house NPD has shown that, on average, Apple users pay twice as much in the shops as PC users.
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11.8.2008 Why Apple does not make a netbook
As netbooks continue their inexorable rise up the wish lists of gadget hounds, businesses and ordinary folk alike, the clamor for Apple to join the market continues to increase from all sides.
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5.3.2009 Apple looking to purchase EA?
Take this with a with a grain of salt, but the intertubes are buzzing with rumours that Apple is going to acquire Electronic Arts, the world's second largest gaming company. Yup, Twitter isn't the only one they are going after apparently.
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5.5.2009 Apple Boot Camp 1.1.1 Beta
Boot Camp lets you install Windows XP without moving your Mac data, though you will need to bring your own copy to the table, as Apple Computer does not sell or support Microsoft Windows.
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17.9.2006 Microsoft's Zune 'no threat' to Apple
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has rubbished claims that Microsoft's Zune media player will pose a serious threat to the iPod's market dominance.
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17.10.2006 Apple’s “Leopard” has Glass UI
Think Secret today published some new screenshots (a report) of Apple's latest "Leopard" Build - Build 9A321.
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22.12.2006 Microsoft Warns Apple On iPhone
Software giant Microsoft has warned its rival, Apple Inc., into launching its iPhone and said the much-awaited modern mobile phone could face some very serious challenges if the popular iPod MP3 player is integrated into it.
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12.1.2007 Nortel may sue Apple over iPhone
NOT CONTENT with getting itself into hot water with Cisco over the iPhone name, Apple may find itself in deep water over the use of the term 'Visual Voicemail'.
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15.1.2007 Apple iPhone vs. Nokia N95
Perhaps no other cell phone in history has been as anticipated as Apple's iPhone. From the moment it was announced by Apple to the time it was released six months later, the cell phone was a constant topic of rumors and speculation.
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21.8.2007 What if Apple had conducted the Mojave Experiment?
In watching the many negative blog posts and comments about Microsoft’s “Mojave Experiment” — designed to try to distinguish perception from reality around Vista — I can’t help but wonder how different the take would be if it were Apple doing the same kind of marketing campaign.
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30.7.2008 Apple teaches iPhone 3.0 new tricks
The first round of news out of today’s Apple event has to do with a “major update” to the iPhone and iPod Touch operating system.
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17.3.2009 No Media Player 10 for Apple users
Microsoft will not be developing a version of Media Player 10 for the Mac
Microsoft has confirmed that it will not be developing a version of its Media Player 10 for Apple users.
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20.1.2006 Microsoft Prepares Apple GarageBand Competitor
It seems that the ongoing battle between Apple and Microsoft is about to get a bit bigger. According to Microsoft-Watch, Microsoft is preparing a program code named Monaco to go up against GarageBand, a part of Apple's iLife suite.
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9.4.2006 Apple Releases Boot Camp 1.1 (Beta)
Apple has quietly posted an update to Boot Camp to version 1.1. According to the Boot Camp page, the new version remains in beta and contains many updates for all new and previous Boot Camp beta users.
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16.8.2006 Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.4.8
Apple on Friday pushed what is likely the second-to-last update to Mac OS X 10.4, code-named "Tiger." The update includes several fixes to printing, Finder and Apple applications and networking, as well as several third-party fixes among other modifications.
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30.9.2006 Apple Confirms Touch-Screen iPod?
Apple may have slipped up and given the first public confirmation of the long-rumored touch-screen iPod. In a PDF document intended for developers discussing the iPod notes feature, the Cupertino, Calif. company references such a device.
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2.11.2006 Apple Launches 8 Core Mac Pro
Meet the latest addition to the Mac Pro family: The world’s first 3.0GHz, 8-core Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro. Consider the bar officially raised.
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5.4.2007 The low-cost laptop that Apple should have built
The buzz around the XO Laptop, aka the One Laptop Per Child group’s “$100 laptop” is growing, with an innovative donation program coming in time for the holidays.
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8.10.2007 Microsoft to open Apple-like retail shops
Our sources close to Microsoft have confirmed that the company wants to reach out for the retail market presence. Microsoft wants to open and create many retail shops dedicated exclusive to Microsoft and its products.
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14.4.2008Apple: "Windows 7 is still Windows, complex and expensive"
Apple 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.
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26.10.2009Apple bashes Windows 7 at WWDC
Apple is announcing new MacBooks, new iPhones and its next generation OS, Snow Leopard today but during its Keynote at WWDC they dug hard at
Microsoft. Bertrand Serlet, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering at Apple, took the stage and began digging at Vista saying "what a big
hole Microsoft has dug," and adding that "they're trying to get out of it with Windows 7." He carried on following up with an attack of Windows
7 saying it has "even more complexity" than Vista because it's just based on the "same old tech as Vista." Apple is notorious for attacking
Windows based PCs in its Get A Mac adverts. Thanks to Engadget for the following picture:
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08.06.2009Beatles' Apple Corps After
Apple Again
For the third time, Apple
Corps, the company that
represents the business
interests of the Beatles, and
Apple Computer will meet in
court. Apple Corps is accusing
Apple of breaking a 1991
agreement by selling music
online, and will argue its
case in London this week...
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27.03.2006Apple to release Safari browser for Windows (Updated)
Update: The beta is now
available for download at the
http://apple.com/safari>Safari
Home page. The direct download
link is available
http://appldnld.apple.com.edge
suite.net/content.info.apple.c
om/Safari3/061-2827.20070611.x
1qX21dQ3kIk70G2vDKN0t/SafariSe
tup.exe>here.
Apple Inc. at its
developer conference on Monday
announced that it plans to
make available a version of
its
http://apple.com/safari>Safari
Web browser for rival
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows
operating systems.
Safari 3.0 will run on
Windows XP and Windows Vista
in addition to Mac OS X
Leopard, company chief
executive Steve Jobs announced
during his inaugural keynote
address.
Early
benchmarks show the Apple
browser to render both HTML
and JavaScript at speeds more
than twice as fast as
Microsoft's Internet Explorer
browser. Under iBench's HTML
benchmark test, Safari
rendered the page in 2.2
seconds compared to 3.7 for
FireFox and 4.6 for Internet
Explorer. ..
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12.06.2007Apple keen to push Safari 3.1 on Windows users.
If you run iTunes or QuickTime or any Apple software on your Windows PC, but not Safari, you might have seen an uninvited guest show up in the Apple
Software Update earlier this week. Yes, Apple thinks you need yet another browser. They tried to slip the new Safari 3.1 in for iTunes owners, a move
that has some Windows users up in arms.
The program is usually used for updating Apple software, and so getting new software with the deal
wasn't something a lot of users expected. And users who don't do anything but the default, are basically going to be getting software they
didn't plan to have.
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22.03.2008Microsoft introduces Apple-like tours of Windows 7
Microsoft has introduced some product tours of Windows 7 in action, similar to Apple's guided tours. Long Zheng spotted them on Microsoft's
Windows 7 site as the company ramps up it's marketing of Windows 7. In all of the videos, Latika Kirtane, product manager for Internet Explorer,
stars once again. According to Zheng, Kirtane was the star of Microsoft's infamous Songsmith marketing video. The Windows 7 videos have a similar
feel to those that Apple uses every time it has a new product to demonstrate. They are both informative and knowledgeable but do not come across as
purely just marketing.
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29.06.2009Bang On: We all need Apple
Even if you don't own an iPod or an iPhone and regardless of whether or not you run OS X, there is one inevitable truth that many people may
overlook: As consumers and geeks, you and I need Apple. I'm sure Apple fans are cheering and Windows and Linux users are getting ready to pelt
me with virtual tomatoes of disagreement and disdain. Apple is just one of those companies, though. They incite such strong loyalty in many and such
fervent hatred in others. Our very own forums and the accompanying log of warnings is a clear indication of that.
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17.02.2009Apple Plugs QuickTime Security Holes
Apple on Monday put out new
releases of iTunes and
QuickTime for both Mac OS X
and Windows, adding support
for the company's Apple TV
product in the former and
patching 8 serious security
holes in the latter...
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06.03.2007Apple Says Virus = Windows
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14.10.2007Apple tries to gatecrash Win 7 launch with new commercials
In the light of Microsoft releasing their brand new operating system, Windows 7, Apple did not stay quiet. Apple released three new "I'm a Mac,
I'm a PC" advertisements, focusing on users switching from Windows to Mac, in an attempt to pick up some more market share from upgrading
consumers. The advertisements focus more on consumers who are looking to upgrade their home PC, to go buy a Mac, rather than the usual commercials
that depict the faults of Windows. The first of the advertisements attempt to bash Windows 7 on launch day, saying it will have the same problems as
previous versions of Windows.
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23.10.2009Apple Plugs Windows Safari Security Holes
Just days after its beta
release of Safari 3 for
Windows became a zero-day
nightmare with a number of
exploitable vulnerabilities,
Apple has rushed out version
3.01 to fix three security
flaws. The problems only
affect Windows, not the Mac OS
X release...
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15.06.2007Updated Safari for Windows improves security
Apple has released Safari Beta
3.0.1 for Windows, an update
to their recently-introduced
Web browser for Windows XP and
Vista. The new version is
http://www.apple.com/safari/do
wnload/>available for download
from Apples Web site or
through the śApple Software
Updateť application (bundled
with QuickTime or iTunes for
Windows).
Apple CEO
Steve Jobs introduced Safari
for Windows near the end of
his keynote presentation
during this weeks Worldwide
Developers Conference (WWDC)
in San Francisco, Calif. Apple
is releasing Safari for
Windows in the hope of growing
its market share in the
browser market. Some market
research pegs Safari in third
place behind Firefox, with
only the Macintosh market
using it.
śApple
issued an update to the Safari
for Windows public beta today
to fix the security
vulnerabilities that were
reported earlier this week.
Beta testers will receive the
update automatically through
Apples Software Update
application,ť an Apple
spokesman told Macworld...
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14.06.2007Apple Software Adds Windows to
Mac
In a stunning move, Apple on
Wednesday officially
sanctioned the running of the
Windows XP operating system on
Intel-based Macs through the
release of a software package.
Called Boot Camp, the 86MB
beta product provides a
dual-boot sequence and the
drivers necessary to run
Windows...
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05.04.2006Apple pushing iTunes, QT users on Windows to download Safari
Apple has chosen to leverage its significant install base for QuickTime and iTunes in order to quickly gain market share for its Safari Web browser on
Windows...
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21.03.2008Apple Beefs Up Apple TV Offering
In an attempt to make the
product more attractive to
potential buyers, Apple has
begun selling a version of
Apple TV with a 160GB hard
drive as well as announcing
plans to allow access to
YouTube from the device...
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31.05.2007Apple-Microsoft: Friendly Exchange
For years, Microsoft has been the largest Mac developer outside of Apple. It's return favor time.
Apple and Microsoft may be the
definition of coopetition. The companies may compete, but they're surprising partners, too. Even as Apple "Get a Mac" ads throttle Windows Vista or
iPhone 3G whacks at Windows Mobile, Microsoft's competitor has become a surprising partner for Exchange Server 2007. Exchange is suddenly very
important to Apple.
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11.06.2008Apple Computer Beats Beatles
in Court
Apple Computer scored a legal
victory over Apple Corps, the
company that represents the
business interests of the
Beatles, which could finally
put to rest a long-running
trademark dispute between the
two companies. Apple Corps
accused Apple of breaking a
1991 agreement by selling
music online with iTunes...
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08.05.2006Apple Joins Windows Benchmark
Group
Apple on Tuesday joined
Windows benchmarking
consortium BAPco, fueling
speculation of its possible
future moves. The group's
benchmarks are used by
computer companies Dell, HP
and Toshiba, as well as
publications such as CNET,
Ziff Davis Media, and Computer
Shopper magazine...
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30.03.2006Microsoft, Apple Join to Fix Vista iPod Issues
Touting the collaboration
between the two companies,
Microsoft today released a
patch it developed with Apple
to correct problems Windows
Vista users are having with
iPods. While Apple already
updated iTunes, issues
remained with iPods becoming
corrupted when ejected...
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09.05.2007Apple Ships iPods with Windows Virus
Apple apologized Tuesday for
shipping video iPods
containing the Windows virus
RavMonE.exe, which apparently
made its way onto a small
number of the ubiquitous
devices at a manufacturing
plant. Around 1 percent of
units shipped after September
12, 2006 are affected...
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