“I have consistently moaned about my Lenovo X60S since I received it 9 months ago. Well, after a few more crashes, an ever looser WiFi toggle switch and a few other issues, I finally made the move. 3 weeks ago I ordered a MacBook Pro. Today I received it from IT after I went through a tutorial yesterday,” Michael Eisenberg writes for SeekingAlpha.
“It is very slick and fast. But here is the most interesting part that also relates to yesterday’s earnings call: Since I moved over from Windows and basically live in a Windows IT environment, we loaded Parallels and Windows onto the Mac. Because of that, we turbo charged it with extra memory at, of course, additional cost. So as more users like me move from our ThinkPads to Macs but can’t fully cut the Windows umbilical cord yet, this drives the ASP (average sales price) of the MacBook up. It obviously helps Mac sales growth numbers, but does not necessarily impact Microsoft (MSFT) as much as it impacts PC notebook makers like Lenovo and Dell,” Eisenberg writes.
MacDailyNews Take: This only helps Apple if you buy that extra RAM from Apple. As we’ve explained forever, Apple’s “Embrace and Extinguish” plan first hurts the WIndows box assemblers and then ultimately hurts Microsoft as people realize that Mac OS X is superior. Over time, these dual booters will realize what most everyone else who tries a Mac realizes. They will boot up Windows less and less until they figure out that they’d rather not bother at all. That’s the end game. Embrace Windows first, let people experience Mac OS X, and they’ll extinguish Windows themselves naturally.
Eisenberg continues, “Apple has certainly earned its brand by making great products. But the reverse seems to be true as well: “Great brands can be ruined by poor products.” So goodbye Lenovo, this is the last post I will type on your keyboard with my beloved red trackpoint — and hello slick Mac.”
Full article here.
If Apple ever drops the ‘run Windows apps without Windows’ bomb, then everyone will be in trouble. Everyone but Apple of course.
(hears chair being thrown)
Nah, nobody’s going to buy Macs, they’re too expensive.
I still have yet to find a comprehensive side-by-side comparison of OS X 10.4/5 and Windows Vista Ultimate. I have looked everywhere I know to look and have found many reviews, but no feature by feature comparison.
I’m a mac loyalist, but it would be interesting to see if Vista Ultimate can do anything OS X can’t do and visa versa. Again, I don’t want reviews of usability, but strictly functionality.
Can anyone help?
And another one’s gone, and another one’s gone, another one bites the dust!
Let’s see, in a month we should have another solid zealot…wait for the follow up, people.
anaknipedro:
Will be tough to do since we still don’t know all the features of 10.5. I do remember hearing about a pretty cool function of Vista though: the ability to use a flash ‘keychain’ drive as extra RAM.
MDN: ‘perhaps’ perhaps Leopard will have that feature too?
Sure, sure……but spelling doesn’t mean fortune telling, so I guess reality will spell facts someday
Chrissy, you’re too much. I put money down that you’re either over 40 or actually a man. ;P
And BTW, I’m happily married, thank you…
MW: “girl” — too funny
Or they’ll do what I do. Since I only need Windows for literally a couple of apps, I’ll just continue using the copy of XP Pro that I bought over 5 years ago now. No need to ever upgrade to Vista here, so MS doesn’t benefit any at all.
ckeck this site
http://www.xvsxp.com/
it has the best side by side comparasion of
X.4 vs XP, and they are working on comparing to Leopard and Vista, forums have great info.
You can see that mac has a few points to learn too
@chuy
Are you high?!!!
That side by side comparison OSX/XP is wack!
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Video Editing 1-OSX 7 (8) XP
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WHAT!?
This guy sates thius due to the fact that “No free video editing software comes with OS X.” ALL new Macs ship with iLife!!!!
Reader beware more FUD in the “comparison” that to be foun in a Thuridiot blog!
@ Mr. Peabody
That makes me a double nobody.
Too bad for the real ChrissyOne, this person is a total loser. The price of anonimity, I suppose.
God, how I hate those little track balls in the center of a PC laptop keyboard!
2-finger scrolling on a track pad is definitely the way to go.
anonymity
AshNazg,
I hope you figured out that wasn’t the real C1. And she is really a she.
Oooooo – ChrissyOne is gonna be pissed when she sees that post.
MDN magic word “red” as in seeing
Yeah, that site with the comparison while helpful, isn’t entirely realistic. I understand that iLife is technically a separate software suite from OS X, but since every new Mac sold includes iLife, you can’t realistically separate the two the way that site does.
Thorin…
agreed
I can’t believe that people are responding to fake ChrissyOne. I don’t always agree with her, but come on, why the slams and fake use of her handle? Just be glad Sputnik left and some of the other famed trolls aren’t as vocal as they once were.
Who gives a sh*t about Chrissy or her impostors, how about commenting on the actual news story topic itself eh??
Goodbye Mac. You’re too expensive, can’t play games and you can’t be customized.
Hello Lenovo. This is the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
You’re totally right.
I give it 2 more years before the PC world will fall and you can bet your last dollar on that
Great brands don’t make poor products.
@Cubert: I loathe those little track balls too, but I also don’t like track pads, they give me achey wrists. By the way, how do you know so much about C1? (Personally I enjoy her posts.)
@Memo to ChrissyOne: Why don’t you stop playing wich yor sef and make some comment on topic. Either that or turn off your Windows spell checking ’cause its making you look like you’re trying to talk dirty or something.