Mac’s Market Share Continues to Grow
Mac’s user base is growing in a rapid phase,thanks to iPod’s popularity. More and more personal users and small business community are moving to Apple’s Mac computers from Windows PC. Analysts believe Mac’s growing popularity is partly due to a “halo effect,” created by Apple’s iPod. Apple had a 10.4 home market share at the end of the first quarter of this year, compared to 7.5 percent for the first quarter of 2007, and 5.4 percent for the first quarter of 2006. Release of Microsoft’s new operating system Windows Vista also helped Mac to furthered its success.
Record Setting in Downgrading.
Performance and metrics researcher Devil Mountain Software reports that its survey of over 3,000 Vista PCs revealed nearly 35 percent to be running XP. That means one in three PCs with Vista is downgraded to XP. PC makers have been selling Vista license but actually shipping them with XP installed. Customers want XP so vendors are using the loop holes to provide it. But the survey I’m looking for is..how many people chose Mac because of Vista?
Windows 7,next year
Windows 7, Microsoft’s New version of Windows operating system will be released next year, according to Bill Gates. He said new versions of Windows would help revolutionize mobile phones and run the desk of the future.
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Vista SP1 update pulled by Microsoft
After receiving reports of an error, Microsoft temporarily suspend automatic distribution of Vista SP1 update to avoid further customer impact. There were numerous complaints from customers who already installed the update before the withdrawal of the update. In some cases its reported that the update had corrupted PCs and resulted in the need to reformat the hard drive.
