brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 11/2/2009
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Microsoft has not halted Apple's momentum, according to Net Applications' October report
Source: Net Applications
If Microsoft ( MSFT ) was hoping that the launch of Windows 7 would halt the erosion of its operating system market share — and curb further inroads by Apple ...
jkontherun.com - 10/29/2009
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jkontherun.com —
Prior to the final release of Microsoft Windows
7, there some question as to what the new...
operating system would do for battery life on laptops. At that time, I felt it was too early to make any judgments , simply because final hardware drivers and ...
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Netbook Battery Tests: Windows XP vs Windows 7
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hardwaresphere.com - 11/4/2009
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hardwaresphere.com —
Here is fun online ad from Apple’s Get
A Mac video series. This time, PC is trying...
to stop users from switching to Mac because of Windows 7. Well, PC did capture one switcher and saying: “One down Mac! Thousands and Thousands to go!” Well, if Windows 7 is worth the match, ...
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Get A Mac: “PC Switcher” [Video]
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Apple’s Mac share grew after Microsoft’s Windows 7ista debut
MacDailyNews —
... by 2.73% in October, from 5.12% to 5.26%," Elmer-DeWitt reports. "Windows' Internet presence, meanwhile, fell from 92.77% to 92.54% — its ninth loss in 12 months. Windows 7's share, however, was more than 2% even before its Oct. 22 general release, thanks to widespread use of early release versions," Elmer-DeWitt reports. "By Oct. 30 the Windows 7 portion was 2.85%, largely at the expense of Windows XP, according to a separate Net Applications report." More info in the full article here . ...
Mac Market Share Hits All-Time High Following Windows 7 Launch
TheAppleBlog —
... Note that Net Applications isn’t taking this data from sales numbers, but from visits to its client websites, which add up to an impressive 160 million total. That’s a fairly large sample base, so the results probably pretty fairly reflect reality. Apple 2.0 does point out that this particular methodology tends to favor devices like the iPhone, which account for more frequent web visits due to their ease of use. ...
Mac share of web browsing goes up after Windows 7 launch
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... Windows 7 got 3% share in the daily tracking, largely at the expense of Windows XP. If Microsoft was depending on Windows 7 to quickly stop the Mac momentum, it hasn't happened yet, but at the same time, most Windows upgrades take place when new machines are bought.
Also, the general release of Windows 7 didn't happen until October 22nd, so the jump in Windows 7 on the internet wasn't available for most of October except for pre-release users.
[via Fortune Brainstorm Tech] TUAWMac share of web browsing goes up after Windows 7 launch ...
Windows 7 Performing Just Fine, Despite Haters
Switched —
Filed under: Computers Apparently, some media outlets are so eager to see Microsoft fall flat on its face that they're already calling Windows 7 a failure -- less than two weeks after its debut. Electronista and CNN Money have already declared that, with Windows 7, Microsoft has blown its chance to stop the rise of Mac.
According to Internet tracking firm Net Applications, Windows has seen its ninth drop in market share in the last twelve months, falling an astounding (cue eye-rolling) two-tenths ...
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Mac fanboys should get a life and some Windows 7 common sense
betanews.com 10/15/2009 — By Joe Wilcox , Betanews
I have to laugh at the sudden, slew of Mac bloggers taking swings at Windows 7 and asserting that Macs will continue to sell well after Microsoft's newest OS ships. Feeling a little defensive are we, bros? Their reaction ...
★ Microsoft’s Competition for Windows 7
daringfireball.net 10/16/2009 — Ignore his upfront needling against straw-man “Mac fanboys”, and Joe Wilcox makes a good point in this piece about what Microsoft’s competition is for Windows 7:
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Microsoft's 'Have it Your Way' confronts Apple's 'Have it Our Way'
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Windows 7 No Threat to Mac
theappleblog.com 10/13/2009 — From Computerworld , the ponderings of Broadpoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall may state the obvious, but nonetheless bear repeating: Windows 7 is no threat to the Mac.
Having looked at the data on Windows release dates, Marshall “found ...
Microsoft Manager Claims Mac Inspired Windows 7, Gets Slapped
modmyi.com 26 days ago —
Microsoft's partner group manager was interviewed by PCR , a trade publication for computer resellers, and blurted that the company had tried to "create a Mac look and feel" with the Windows 7 operating system. A member of the Windows team quickly struck back on the team's blog, calling ...
Windows 7 was "inspired by Mac", Microsoft admits
9to5mac.com 27 days ago — We reckon a lot of Mac users - and possible some members of the company’s legal team - will be dashing across to read PCR’s interview with Microsoft’s partner group manager, Simon Aldous, today, if only to look in black and white at his admission ...
Windows Copies the Mac? Shhh, That’s Our Little Secret!
technologizer.com 26 days ago — This is amusing: Simon Aldous, a “Microsoft partner group manager” in the UK, gave an interview to British tech site PCR in which he says that Microsoft wanted to give Windows 7 a “Mac look and feel”:
One of the things that ...
Apple immune to Windows 7 impact, analyst says
computerworld.com 10/12/2009 — Computerworld - Microsoft's introduction of Windows 7 later this month won't cost Apple any Mac sales, a Wall Street analyst said today. "I analyzed the impact of the last four Windows launches and found no negative correlation between them and Mac ...
Windows 7 busts the 3 per cent share barrier —
The Register 11/2/2009
And that's not counting copies not installed yet... Microsoft's kind of make or break Windows 7 launch pushed the OS to a stonking 3.48 per cent market share by the end of last month, figures from tracker firm Net Applications show.…
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