On mySimon: Ultimate Box Sets!
BNET Business Network:
BNET
TechRepublic
ZDNet
TalkBack 2 of 329:
Next »
« Previous
Dream on...
We've been hearing the same thing from the Linux crowd for several years now. No doubt there will be converts to both platforms, but those neumbers will be small in comparison to the overall Windows market.

Personally, I wish market share for both Linux and Mac would increase to a significant percentage of Windows, I just don't see it happening anytime soon.
Posted by: PA-ITGuy   Posted on: 01/27/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
Reply to Story Reply to Message

Alert moderator to an offensive message

Subscribe to this discussion via Email or RSS

The Revolution is coming  Aerial | 01/27/05
Dream on...  PA-ITGuy | 01/27/05
And now for the future...  nucrash | 01/27/05
Time will tell...  PA-ITGuy | 01/27/05
More Mac and Linux  openMind | 01/27/05
Mine was a 1 year prediction  PA-ITGuy | 01/27/05
It's all about the software  Tommy Gun | 01/27/05
I think they get a much bigger hold on the consumer market.  CaptainHowdy | 01/27/05
I will stand by my prediction.  nucrash | 01/27/05
Users or sales?  Anton Philidor | 01/27/05
I'm thinking as it stands right now with Apple mind  Laff | 01/27/05
Users, not sales.  openMind | 01/27/05
Agreed  Jeff Spicoli | 01/27/05
cost -vs- useage  DarbyOhara | 01/27/05
re: cost -vs- useage  richdave | 01/28/05
Whatever yu bin smokin'...better lay off it!  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 01/27/05
Yeah...that's the plan to get rid of excess parts right!  Laff | 01/27/05
RE: SFF  JakAttak | 01/27/05
Mini MAC still the copier  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
TOO COOL!!!!!  voska | 01/28/05
not really  doh123 | 01/28/05
Ummm  frgough@... | 01/28/05
the mini mac is huge!  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Dell has already tried to copy the iMac  alterego_z | 01/27/05
Boy, are you late to the party  quietLee | 01/27/05
Not quite true  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Clarification  quietLee | 01/27/05
The Mini might be just what I'm looking for  voska | 01/27/05
As an alternative to Myth TV  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Thought about it  voska | 01/28/05
You wish  Joe Blow_z | 01/27/05
You pay for what you get  Joshua53077 | 01/27/05
For what?  seosamh_z | 01/27/05
Don't forget  tic swayback | 01/27/05
But look what you get for less then upgrading...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Revolution  vorostatz | 08/25/06
Soon OSX will replace Windows EVERYWHERE!!! Windows will disappear for good  Jeff Spicoli | 01/27/05
Ha! And Jeff has been called a "Linux zealot".  Linux_Developer | 01/27/05
Guess what  vorostatz | 08/25/06
The trouble with PC buyers is....  Jomo_z | 01/27/05
Heat is a big problem  quietLee | 01/27/05
Stackable PCs  Jomo_z | 01/27/05
ATi 9200 is nice and quiet (fanless)  hipparchus2000 | 01/27/05
Great idea  openMind | 01/27/05
It's out there  jheine | 01/27/05
x86  guddowiru@... | 01/28/05
I hope the Mac mini sell well...  rkadowns | 01/27/05
Just goes to show the influence tiny Apple has on the industry.  dave95 | 01/27/05
How wrong can you be?  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
How ironic can it be?  MacCanuck | 01/27/05
It is usually in response...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Don't confuse invention with innovation  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Nice post  NonZealot | 01/27/05
I don't think you can judge success in how long you have been arround.  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Revenue != Profit  aristotles | 01/27/05
LOL So true  voska | 01/28/05
Innovation  RicD_ | 01/29/05
Nice  rkadowns | 01/27/05
Shade, you are wrong here  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Hold on a minute  wolfman@... | 01/31/05
Wrong Shade  dave95 | 01/27/05
Not so Tic,  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
I don't agree.  rkadowns | 01/27/05
Some differences and corrections  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Wow Shade  dave95 | 01/27/05
even the naturally cooled miniITX PCs are too big  hipparchus2000 | 01/27/05
Just for fun  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
That was fun (nt)  rkadowns | 01/27/05
I know I am saying a dirty word..  Patrick Jones | 01/27/05
Intel Extreme = pretty much no 3d capability  hipparchus2000 | 01/27/05
Yes..  Patrick Jones | 01/27/05
Good design is not that easy  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Oh Pleeeeze!  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Sorry if I gave the wrong impression  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Add in these too  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Lest we forget the mouse we're using  Len Rooney | 01/27/05
Actually thank Xerox...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Stole or paid for a basic concept then expaned upon it?  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Actually thank Xerox - not  bgoss@... | 01/27/05
"Don't try to paint them (Apple) as thieves"  MacCanuck | 01/27/05
Say what you want  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Credibility is shrinking Shad  dave95 | 01/27/05
RE: dave95  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Now you're getting silly Shade  tic swayback | 01/27/05
OK I did the work Shade  dave95 | 01/27/05
What part of your own link do you not understand.  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
XPARC certainly played an inspirational role  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Shade - if that response were for me....  dave95 | 01/28/05
There was not stealing involved  voska | 01/28/05
So slashdot is wrong again!  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Wrong again  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Selective and kneejerk criticism  MacCanuck | 01/27/05
Corrections  nucrash | 01/27/05
No one is claiming invention here  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Innovation is not inventing  voska | 01/28/05
OK Shade I want to pin you down on something...  Laff | 01/27/05
It will take more...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Well I was thiinking of over the period of a year.  Laff | 01/27/05
How about we wait till they publish...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
It's looking mighty good though  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Amazon is not a huge desktop channel...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Yeah, but the cultists order immediately and directly from Apple  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Oh Pleeeeze! do a comparison shadetree as i have chalenged all you  johnpall@... | 02/01/05
and usually lasts a bit longer  seosamh_z | 01/27/05
Staying power  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Computers are meant not to be seen  NonZealot | 01/27/05
Why couldn't you hide your Mini?  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Was waiting for that reply  NonZealot | 01/27/05
Good response  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Yes, I was waiting for that reply  MacCanuck | 01/27/05
Sorry, no name change here  NonZealot | 01/27/05
They needed  rkadowns | 01/27/05
Is clockspeed an illusion of speed?  aristotles | 01/27/05
iMac G5  rkadowns | 01/27/05
You can't get a...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Yep  rkadowns | 01/27/05
I stand corrected but...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Installation in a Mini  tic swayback | 01/27/05
I have one in mine, Shade  mlindl | 01/27/05
RE: mlindl  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Arrogance  frgough@... | 01/28/05
Yeah well wait for this reply a 1.25 ghz Mac is about  johnpall@... | 02/01/05
However "IF" a computer has both form and function  Laff | 01/27/05
I think I covered this  NonZealot | 01/27/05
If you take a look at the guts of the Mac mini  mlindl | 01/27/05
Form not Function  PA-ITGuy | 01/27/05
That's a different function  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Re: That's a different function  PA-ITGuy | 01/28/05
I think they had multiple goals  tic swayback | 01/28/05
Re Multiple Goals  PA-ITGuy | 01/28/05
But using larger parts wouldn't fit their long term goal  tic swayback | 01/28/05
RE: If you take a look at the guts of the Mac mini  richdave | 01/28/05
But also more difficult/intimidating  tic swayback | 01/28/05
If you just want form and function and price is no object  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Sorry, Wintel machines are overpriced  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Actually Windows XP...  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
It was indeed a joke  tic swayback | 01/28/05
About the same as ....  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
re: entry level  JakAttak | 01/27/05
Mini is touted as entry level for all  NonZealot | 01/27/05
Yes it does  Linux User 147560 | 01/27/05
Fair enough  NonZealot | 01/27/05
Who is copying who?  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Copying or improving upon?  tic swayback | 01/27/05
RE: Who is copying who?  JakAttak | 01/27/05
Merely an example...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Not invented, just made it better (and cheaper apparently)  tic swayback | 01/27/05
No it doesn't make them rip off artists...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
I think the problem is  dave95 | 01/27/05
Exactly right Shade, that's why they were innovators in that case  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Try this for innovation  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Certainly interesting Shade, but...  tic swayback | 01/27/05
So when Apple comes out with a plain jane...  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
Whoa, slow down there buddy  tic swayback | 01/28/05
You just can't admit that people other then Apple make great products!  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
I can admit lots of things  tic swayback | 01/28/05
miniMac innovative?  Joe Blow_z | 01/27/05
Get your facts straight  Joshua53077 | 01/27/05
I hope you're joking...  phorvath2110 | 01/27/05
I bet you pipped up on the iPod as well  Len Rooney | 01/27/05
Either you're uninformed or Trolling  el1jones | 01/27/05
How about a Compaq with a whole lot more!  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
actually it hasn't  hipparchus2000 | 01/27/05
You obviously have no clue!  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Didn't bother to check the hardware Shade?  bgoss@... | 01/28/05
hipparchus2000 has got it right , good points need to be repeated  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
hipparchus2000 has got it right , SORRY thats was a Compaq  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
not necessarily  mtekk | 01/27/05
not necessarily ,G4 500 more powerful than your PIII 866  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
You're wrong  chill633 | 01/27/05
As it happens every time  theo_durcan | 01/27/05
Sales must be slow  Ken_z | 01/27/05
Yep, been happening for years!  UncleBubba | 01/27/05
Let's not forget the Death Knell Counter  dave95 | 01/27/05
Yeah all those products sold like crazy!  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Favourite H.L. Mencken quote...  MacCanuck | 01/27/05
How about a pure value comparison  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Beauty (and value) is in the eye of the beholder...  MacCanuck | 01/28/05
I am happy for you ...  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
As well you should be  MacCanuck | 01/28/05
and have you added up what your paying for all the  johnpall@... | 02/01/05
PC's fly off the shelf at a rate 48 times faster  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
Dell: Beware the Beige-Box Blahs (Read this PC heads)  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
XPC already is here  skw_z | 01/27/05
Cube was here long before  dave95 | 01/27/05
actually the shuttle is massive compared to the mac mini  hipparchus2000 | 01/27/05
Try this one for size  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
I suppose you forgot this "PRICED AROUND 2000 USD " AND ITS VAPOURWARE  hipparchus2000 | 01/27/05
It's released  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Only out in Japan, sorry  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Can you spell Ebay!  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
Can you spell potential scam  tic swayback | 01/28/05
Actually PayPal guarantees the transaction...  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
I trust PayPal even less...  tic swayback | 01/28/05
Innovative? Yes. Useful? No.  buddhistMonkey | 01/27/05
So when Apple comes out with a plain jane...  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
It is possible to be both innovative and impractical  tic swayback | 01/28/05
I know it is possible I have seen the Apple line!  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
Be more specific  tic swayback | 01/28/05
abject failure  buddhistMonkey | 01/30/05
Assembly required?  loubara | 01/28/05
Of course it will...  BitTwiddler | 01/27/05
Dumbest idea ever!  Roger Ramjet | 01/27/05
So when Apple does it...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Not what I meant  Roger Ramjet | 01/27/05
So what you're saying is it might not be for _you_...  BitTwiddler | 01/27/05
Not what I'm saying  Roger Ramjet | 01/28/05
just like laptops, Playstation2s, Playstation3s, Xboxes, Xbox2s  hipparchus2000 | 01/27/05
Non commodities  Roger Ramjet | 01/28/05
Think about it for a sec.  rkadowns | 01/27/05
Non-commodity pricing  Roger Ramjet | 01/28/05
"proprietary peripherals"  rkadowns | 01/28/05
Good Question  Roger Ramjet | 01/31/05
Think about notebooks  j.m.galvin | 01/27/05
No alternatives  Roger Ramjet | 01/28/05
The whole box is the commodity  hipparchus2000 | 01/28/05
Boldata Mini PC  3733thnkr | 01/27/05
Before you plunk down that cash  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
yes go ahead get a big noisy fat PC with absolutely no 3d capability  hipparchus2000 | 01/27/05
Better 3D then the Mini Mac  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
RE: yes go ahead get a big noisy fat PC with absolutely no 3d capability  richdave | 01/28/05
the linked system has integrated SHARED MEMORY video  hipparchus2000 | 01/28/05
Shared memory video is that all that bad  Mectron | 01/31/05
Or there is always  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
and the $2000 vapourware machine  hipparchus2000 | 01/27/05
First of all...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
They're out, if you live in Japan  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Follow the Link  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
But only follow it if you have faith in your fellow man  tic swayback | 01/28/05
EEWWW...It has windows  LazLong | 01/27/05
Windows unloads and then you can...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
No Windows Tax, No Refund No way.....  LazLong | 01/27/05
The same price? I think you mean 4X the same price  tic swayback | 01/27/05
If you check the post....  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
By the way a fully loaded Vaio U70 is on Ebay for $500.00(nt)  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
Perhaps but THE point is it is on Ebay and that is NOT  Laff | 01/28/05
Auction starting point...  tic swayback | 01/28/05
RE: EEWWW...It has windows  richdave | 01/28/05
Missing the point... As I said before  LazLong | 01/28/05
Corrections  nucrash | 01/27/05
What next, a PC that's the size of a Palm device  FilledOut | 01/27/05
Been done...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
edit and write dvds on it can i?  hipparchus2000 | 01/27/05
The Mini MAC doesn't write DVD's...  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
Speaking of ignorance...  MacCanuck | 01/28/05
It's a good sign that you are losing the...  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
Pot, kettle, black  MacCanuck | 01/28/05
if you don't buy the mac mini with it built in,can still use usb/fire drive  hipparchus2000 | 01/28/05
ShadeTree really needs a SHADyTREE as he has been  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
here it is  ShadeTree | 01/27/05
for a mere $2000, and can you buy them in the shops?  hipparchus2000 | 01/27/05
No, you can't, unless you live in Japan  tic swayback | 01/27/05
Or know how to go to Ebay  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
And are very trusting, and have $2400 to spend (nt)  tic swayback | 01/28/05
Actually he is selling it for $500..  ShadeTree | 01/28/05
That's not the final price  tic swayback | 01/28/05
Mini is a copy  rcark01 | 01/27/05
Sheep flock in herds  rkadowns | 01/27/05
lol  rcark01 | 01/27/05
rcark01 is just a greenman (envy) . I mean why exactly is he reading this  hipparchus2000 | 01/27/05
correction  rcark01 | 01/27/05
mini is a copy?  bandaid69 | 01/28/05
This is the most fascinating part of the PC story  mlindl | 01/27/05
RE: This is the most fascinating part of the PC story  raymarc001 | 01/28/05
No offense taken and you make my point  mlindl | 01/29/05
I remember when...  jrniccolls@... | 01/27/05
Thanks Jon,  rkadowns | 01/28/05
Me too....My first computer was a Commodor Vic 20  Laff | 01/28/05
Do you remember...  jrniccolls@... | 01/28/05
Yup...Every time in history has it's period where a  Laff | 01/28/05
Franklin  rkadowns | 01/28/05
Your not OLD your...  jrniccolls@... | 01/28/05
Rode hard and put away wet.....:)  Laff | 01/28/05
Mini PC's? What next?  dofisher | 01/28/05
Amiga 500!!!  Laff | 01/28/05
If you want to take a trip down memory lane...  jrniccolls@... | 01/28/05
Which way do I go.....  raymarc001 | 01/28/05
Follow me!  dave95 | 01/28/05
Stay focused  mactolinux | 01/28/05
can you say PICObtx?  JoeMama_z | 01/28/05
well go ahead and make a PC the size and specification for the price  hipparchus2000 | 01/28/05
Might want to retract that statement....  JoeMama_z | 01/28/05
shuttle is noisy, about 10 times the volume of the mac mini, and ....  hipparchus2000 | 01/28/05
a mac mini is not a shuttle....  JoeMama_z | 01/29/05
"9200 not a lot better?" er actually it is a LOT better (it can do 3d)  hipparchus2000 | 01/29/05
on a pc the 9200....  JoeMama_z | 01/29/05
In fact lets do this....  JoeMama_z | 01/29/05
Windows XP Pro  rkadowns | 01/29/05
hipparchus2000, yes I did....  JoeMama_z | 01/30/05
a mac mini is not a shuttle....PLEASE READ ABOUT COMPARISON  johnpall@... | 01/30/05
what the heck is wrong with you people...  JoeMama_z | 01/30/05
And a MUCH wider selection of viri/worm/addware/spyware!  Laff | 01/31/05
To laff.  JoeMama_z | 01/31/05
Joemama thinks Mac is lacking in software dept  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
i did, read my comparison....  JoeMama_z | 01/31/05
joe m... Where is your software comparison?  MacCanuck | 01/31/05
stupid talkback.... to Joseph  JoeMama_z | 01/31/05
Windoze a joke-OSX a solution  David Wright | 01/29/05
Mac Mini still has superior software bundle  johnpall@... | 01/29/05
STILL WAITING FOR A COMPARISON BY YOU WINBLOWZ HEADS  johnpall@... | 01/30/05
hmmmm well lets see.  JoeMama_z | 01/30/05
joemama does'nt know how to do a proper comparison  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
yeah right....  JoeMama_z | 01/31/05
Cube 1 wasn't an inovation - Cube 2 most certainly isn't  zeusfuse | 01/30/05
I can not understand why you don't get this....  Laff | 01/30/05
Where would Windows apologists be without games  johnpall@... | 01/30/05
only one problem...  JoeMama_z | 01/30/05
correction....  JoeMama_z | 01/30/05
My MS Mouse that I got here at work came with a  Laff | 01/31/05
not not too expensive,  JoeMama_z | 01/31/05
Mac Mini does'nt come w/keyboard/mouse but buying a keyboard & mouse is  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
facts are straight....  JoeMama_z | 01/31/05
Mac keyboards have the advantage of smaller footprint  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
Shuttle 1 wasn't an inovation & Latest Shuttle is'nt Either  johnpall@... | 01/30/05
Give me a break.....  JoeMama_z | 01/30/05
Apple Cube Not extinct ,reborn as Mac Mini.  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
do you know how how much of a fan boy you are?  JoeMama_z | 01/31/05
joemama is slipping, his ability to properly answer posts  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
bite me...  JoeMama_z | 01/31/05
Proud to support a platform that is not constantly attacked by  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
Maybe, but I'm still  FilledOut | 01/30/05
Wanting a big hooking case to hang up my windows IT shoes  johnpall@... | 01/30/05
We'll sorry to see you go  FilledOut | 02/07/05
Mac mini is not a Windows PC replacement  oortizsilva | 01/30/05
Apple + math = 0  Olivier Pilot | 01/31/05
40 inch Teac display w/dvi in Australia is about $2500  johnpall@... | 01/31/05
Laf your right, most people use PC w/Windows  johnpall@... | 02/01/05
Apple Emac  weisgarber | 02/01/05
Car PCs, mini PCs run Linux and windowsXP from manufacturer SD-Omega  andylong333 | 01/28/06

What do you think?

SponsoredWhite Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

SmartPlanet

Click Here