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I think Apple smells blood. Windows 7 is vulnerable.
But, that said, the future is an OS that just gets out of
your way and runs a browser.
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Apple should be worried, because...  Qbt | 08/25/09
Are we talking sales or profits?  Ken_z | 08/25/09
LAWL. Apple couldn't...  ariesghost | 08/27/09
re Are we talking sales or profits?  j-mccurdy@... | 08/29/09
% Snow Leopard Sales will dwarf Vista 2.0  Pederson | 08/25/09
Dream on  Lester Young | 08/25/09
LOL - man that's funny - nt  socialism=nowhere | 08/25/09
When will Apple get some important features people actually care about?  Cayble | 08/25/09
Games, Hardware and Price  A/UX | 08/26/09
Its not a ten year old argument.  jdbukis@... | 08/26/09
More Game devs are starting to develop  xXSpeedzXx | 08/26/09
More Game devs are starting to develop  samofdetroit | 08/27/09
same song and dance, but youre blindfolded.  ariesghost | 08/27/09
Custom PC's  dinosoft@... | 08/27/09
Buried in there was a point . . .  A/UX | 08/26/09
mac mini  devScott | 08/26/09
Let's compare shall we?  A Gray | 08/26/09
Yeah Let's compare!  Genovelle | 08/26/09
First up...  condelirios | 09/16/09
Dumb squared...  bbneo | 08/26/09
Yeah, I'll compare...  davbaugh | 08/27/09
Really?  NonZealot | 08/27/09
Games, Hardware and Price  say what | 08/26/09
Install that braindead zombie-ware in a VM...  bbneo | 08/26/09
Hey everybody... don't forget the obvious....  cosuna | 08/26/09
Word, YouTube and Facebook  monei011 | 08/26/09
Re: New Mac for $599  fletchoid | 08/27/09
I have never...  condelirios | 09/16/09
I saw the 600 mac  j-mccurdy@... | 08/29/09
Compatibility issues?  condelirios | 09/16/09
$599.00  sirpaul1 | 10/16/09
When will Apple get some important features people actually care about?  Tired of Windows Stuff | 08/26/09
Infected?  A Gray | 08/26/09
Infected  tmsbrdrs | 08/26/09
re:  c0796 | 08/27/09
oh blah blah blah  barbose | 08/26/09
MS only has 2% of the market while Apple has 95%  NonZealot | 08/26/09
Apple has 95% of the market?  goff256 | 08/27/09
You have 2 choices to make, pick one  NonZealot | 08/27/09
I choose option 3  goff256 | 08/28/09
That stat always bothers me.  condelirios | 09/16/09
Lost in space / - \ - / - \  zdnet@... | 08/26/09
Eh?  bedswerver | 08/27/09
RE: Eh?  fletchoid | 08/27/09
Hmm  Evilyn | 09/02/09
PPC 5-6 years old?  Evilyn | 09/02/09
Features people actually care about  shanee25 | 08/26/09
????????  kisap | 08/27/09
wow  davidhite | 08/26/09
get off of it  dtroyerSMU | 08/26/09
Interesting to watch  williamacole@... | 08/26/09
Wrong  keoz | 08/26/09
They'll never know  Evilyn | 09/02/09
Duh, of course W7 will sell more...  slappymctaint@... | 08/25/09
I think Apple smells blood. Windows 7 is vulnerable.  DonnieBoy | 08/25/09
Except for those that want to get real work done  Qbt | 08/25/09
Everyday computing is about browse the web, email, simple documents.  DonnieBoy | 08/25/09
Not for you, perhaps.  de-void | 08/25/09
Nope  IT_User | 08/25/09
Cardinal rule of anonymous blog comments  rtk | 08/25/09
Oops!  IT_User | 08/25/09
The web be it interal or external is happening now  relwolf | 08/26/09
But it makes privacy sense..  akaralia | 08/26/09
Web Only Enterprise  monei011 | 08/26/09
Hundreds around you, but millions across the country  tzcannon | 08/26/09
Just the basics?  lefty.crupps | 08/26/09
Browsing, email and simple documents? How boring  Laraine Anne Barker | 08/25/09
That's not the job, those are the tools  IT_User | 08/25/09
Walk?  roaming | 08/25/09
happy  IT_User | 08/26/09
You don't need Mac either...  A Gray | 08/26/09
Apple should have Joe Six Pack in its Mac commercials  tikigawd | 08/26/09
If...  keoz | 08/26/09
Real work?  IT_User | 08/25/09
True  roaming | 08/25/09
Not so fast  bsn | 08/25/09
Agree  beoz | 08/25/09
Ah, the keywords are:  Qbt | 08/26/09
Sticking with the red herring, eh?  IT_User | 08/26/09
I think he has a point too  davidhite | 08/26/09
Yet...  keoz | 08/26/09
And...  keoz | 08/26/09
Nice argumentation  TedKraan | 08/26/09
Hey DonnieBoy...  Qbt | 08/25/09
Windows 7 is vulnerable because users spend most of their time in the  DonnieBoy | 08/25/09
Yes we have seen this movie before...  Qbt | 08/25/09
Maybe power users do not want to give up their powerful native applications  DonnieBoy | 08/25/09
Yes, people have been saying this for years  Qbt | 08/25/09
What applications pray tell. The average home user browses the web, email,  DonnieBoy | 08/25/09
Okay, let's hear about all these 'native' applications  IT_User | 08/25/09
Donnie Boy, you're young!  IT_User | 08/25/09
IT_user. I guess I am not TOO old then, but, I did start on FORTRAN, as  DonnieBoy | 08/25/09
DonnieBoy, there are many examples  Qbt | 08/25/09
... for good reason  IT_User | 08/26/09
On The Button.  monei011 | 08/26/09
If all you need is a browser, why buy a mac?  A Gray | 08/26/09
Apple is pulling at straws  CobraA1 | 08/25/09
Sure, you can have a native email client, a native office suite, etc, but,  DonnieBoy | 08/25/09
It is Apple that is in far more trouble then!!  NonZealot | 08/25/09
Well, I can not argue with your points at all. What you describe is the  DonnieBoy | 08/25/09
Perhaps  NonZealot | 08/25/09
I must agree. Microsoft's existence is guaranteed. But, MS will have a hard  DonnieBoy | 08/25/09
DonnieBoy, I really don't want to live in your fantasy world...  Qbt | 08/25/09
OH BS!!! Thin clients aren't going to happen...  i8thecat | 08/26/09
@the cat: better tell Google that  NonZealot | 08/26/09
I'll take the bet...how far out? nt  socialism=nowhere | 08/25/09
In the real world  gypkap@... | 08/26/09
How so?  GetReal-mac.com | 08/25/09
Apart from the designers who make web-based apps...  HypnoToad72 | 08/25/09
Based upon what evidence???  mwagner@... | 08/26/09
ROTFL!  John Zern | 08/26/09
Of course they are worried.  GuidingLight | 08/25/09
...and Windows 7 isn't?  techconc | 08/25/09
Windows 7 Service Pack cost  lundp@... | 08/25/09
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  tom@... | 08/27/09
Or...  nix_hed | 08/27/09
very good!  brokenspokes | 08/29/09
Huh?  Lester Young | 08/25/09
Huh?  techconc | 08/26/09
Um ...no  davidhite | 08/26/09
No because...  keoz | 08/26/09
Perception  jeremychappell | 08/25/09
Apple is holding its fire  heres_johnny | 08/25/09
Well, considering that Vista outsold OS X by a large margin...  Qbt | 08/25/09
Cause you have no choice.  itguy08 | 08/25/09
Of course he had a choice...  Qbt | 08/25/09
You forgot...  James T. Kirk | 08/25/09
Vista up until 7 is the most advance, secure ..  CrashPad | 08/25/09
Vista  Jkirk3279 | 08/25/09
So...  Sleeper Service | 08/26/09
The average home user is incompetent  IT_User | 08/26/09
Yeah...  Jkirk3279 | 08/26/09
Update !  Jkirk3279 | 08/28/09
Users should...  keoz | 08/28/09
and how is this any different...  CrashPad | 08/26/09
statistics?  techconc | 08/26/09
And yet for me  Northlite | 08/26/09
Then why did he buy it?  NStalnecker | 08/26/09
The numbers game  jeremychappell | 08/25/09
Works both ways.  rtk | 08/25/09
I did say...  jeremychappell | 08/25/09
Sure I can  rtk | 08/25/09
I'm foolish then  jeremychappell | 08/26/09
Which is probably why...  wolf_z | 08/26/09
Vista usage share is increasing, XP is decreasing  rtk | 08/26/09
Re: Well considering...............  Disgruntled M$ User | 08/26/09
Apple does not sell OS's. It sells hardware.  HollywoodDog | 08/25/09
Then why is it selling Snow Leapard?  Qbt | 08/25/09
YAWN!!!  UsernameRequired | 08/25/09
You do have a point  NonZealot | 08/25/09
Really?  UsernameRequired | 08/25/09
I have both an iPhone and Zune. Prefer Zune for music.  Qbt | 08/25/09
Oh, so you're the "one".  techconc | 08/25/09
Yup, my Zune is fantastic  NonZealot | 08/25/09
Why is Zune better? I propose a challenge...  Qbt | 08/25/09
Zune?  jeremychappell | 08/25/09
ZuneHD will be coming to Europe  NonZealot | 08/25/09
1) quick reason why Zune is better ...  socialism=nowhere | 08/25/09
iPod won the world market place  TedKraan | 08/26/09
Same...  beoz | 08/25/09
I'm so glad you admitted that...  storm14k | 08/25/09
Why do you say that (bricks)?  ITLeader | 08/25/09
That's just your opinion  brokenspokes | 08/29/09
90%  lantzn | 08/25/09
Thinking you still getting it wrong  CrashPad | 08/25/09
You seem to forget that Apple used to have...  Qbt | 08/25/09
They sell major updates, like MS  Ken_z | 08/25/09
$29 is statistically indistinguishable from free  HollywoodDog | 08/25/09
LOL, no!  Qbt | 08/25/09
Then send me $29 dollars...  mrlinux | 08/25/09
Wait... I want in on that too!  James T. Kirk | 08/25/09
Yeah statistically it's like free  mrlinux | 08/25/09
I'm guessing HollywoodDog will choose  rtk | 08/25/09
OK - send me 29$ and you can say you sent it for free please - nt  socialism=nowhere | 08/25/09
Send some my way,,,  CrashPad | 08/25/09
Counter point.  Rick_K | 08/25/09
Ive already got Vista SP1 for free,....  CrashPad | 08/26/09
what the  dave@... | 08/25/09
well you got one thing right...  CrashPad | 08/25/09
Apple sells 'the whole widget'  Douglas Ward | 08/26/09
Want me to change the TV channel?  James T. Kirk | 08/25/09
Been saying for quite awhile...  CrashPad | 08/25/09
I think it makes them look sad...I know several  socialism=nowhere | 08/25/09
Heh  frgough | 08/25/09
Windows 7 beta has been around for 8 months...  Qbt | 08/25/09
Ok Here You Go...  mrlinux | 08/25/09
Win7 Power Icon  WarhavenSC | 08/25/09
No longer uses an icon  NonZealot | 08/25/09
Your opinion noted..  CrashPad | 08/25/09
well . . .  CobraA1 | 08/25/09
Not to be argumentative...  wolf_z | 08/26/09
Apple is so not in the OS business,  HollywoodDog | 08/25/09
Really?  James T. Kirk | 08/25/09
Then you are not running current...  mrlinux | 08/25/09
Maybe you should get in touch with Steve Balmer...  mrlinux | 08/25/09
Ok you win, M$ robs it customers more...  HollywoodDog | 08/25/09
They should be.  Bruizer | 08/25/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  lantzn | 08/25/09
It's a PMP that is superior to the iPod.  James T. Kirk | 08/25/09
How so?  techconc | 08/25/09
iPod Touch is a confusing mishmash of features  NonZealot | 08/25/09
iPod Touch  jeremychappell | 08/25/09
See, that's more like it  NonZealot | 08/25/09
Ok. Then ...  Bruizer | 08/25/09
Good  rtk | 08/25/09
Or...  Jkirk3279 | 08/26/09
Exactly the same i was thinking..  TedKraan | 08/26/09
Again... how so?  techconc | 08/26/09
iPod Classic  captainbobby | 08/26/09
A zune? A so-so PMP with 1-2% market share  Bruizer | 08/25/09
Honestly....  storm14k | 08/25/09
Yes  DannyO_0x98 | 08/25/09
Silly Adrian...  techconc | 08/25/09
Way to rewrite history.  Lester Young | 08/25/09
Re: Way to rewrite history.  techconc | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  DannyO_0x98 | 08/25/09
Erratum  DannyO_0x98 | 08/25/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  rlorenz | 08/25/09
Snow Leopard slammed  NonZealot | 08/25/09
The Review I Read Today  DannyO_0x98 | 08/25/09
Sorry, couldn't follow your link  NonZealot | 08/25/09
Sorry  DannyO_0x98 | 08/25/09
Thats a pretty light slam....  storm14k | 08/25/09
When you say Apple's latest and greatest isn't even worth $29  NonZealot | 08/25/09
WOW! "Super site for Windows" thinks 10.6 not worth $29  matthew_maurice | 08/25/09
Not worth $29? Please ....  kingtj | 08/26/09
RE: Not worth $29? Please  eric@... | 08/26/09
And Windows 7  UsernameRequired | 08/26/09
Snow Leopard's concept was to be evolutionary  mixedupfiles | 08/25/09
Paul was fair in this "Quick Look"  lundp@... | 08/25/09
Yawn  jeremychappell | 08/25/09
Why?  NonZealot | 08/25/09
Never use?  jeremychappell | 08/26/09
He's using Windows...  Sleeper Service | 08/26/09
Yes...  Jkirk3279 | 08/27/09
Headline: "Windows users reviews Mac, complains about price USD29"  Richard Flude | 08/25/09
Re: Headline  ImaGremlin | 08/25/09
Why not?  Richard Flude | 08/26/09
Only you could consider...  msalzberg | 08/25/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  Loverock Davidson | 08/25/09
Killer feature?  jeremychappell | 08/25/09
Question for Apple Fanbois...  MSFTWorshipper | 08/25/09
Because MS is a software company  rhavyn | 08/25/09
Let's compare other metrics too!  NonZealot | 08/25/09
Make up your mind dude,  HollywoodDog | 08/25/09
Apple is wealthier than Microsoft don't forget.  Pederson | 08/25/09
Apple is screwed in 3  CrashPad | 08/25/09
Hahahahahahahahaaa !  Jkirk3279 | 08/28/09
What...  keoz | 08/28/09
What's your definition of superior?  techconc | 08/25/09
Here's your innovation!  MSFTWorshipper | 08/25/09
And if he comes back with...  NonZealot | 08/25/09
Innovation?  jeremychappell | 08/25/09
Yep, surface..  Lester Young | 08/25/09
LOL!  techconc | 08/26/09
Zune is more innovative than iPod  NonZealot | 08/26/09
maybe it's a better product..  TedKraan | 08/26/09
It matters to me!  NonZealot | 08/26/09
World doesn't care about you or me  TedKraan | 08/26/09
Microsoft did some innovation back in '84  TedKraan | 08/26/09
MS doesn't do that as well as Apple though  NonZealot | 08/26/09
I dunno really, because i don't know a lot  TedKraan | 08/26/09
By what measure?  jeremychappell | 08/25/09
Apple is paranoid, but Windows 7 is no threat  terry flores | 08/25/09
No threat? SL will pale next to Win 7's sales [nt]  Qbt | 08/25/09
So what?  rahbm | 08/25/09
It doesn't matter...  webraider@... | 08/26/09
ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz............nt  socialism=nowhere | 08/25/09
For kids, maybe, but if you wanted them to be able to do anything...  rlorenz | 08/25/09
Che?  rahbm | 08/26/09
Got news for you pal ... our schools run on Macs  terry flores | 08/26/09
Donnie Boy, you're young  IT_User | 08/25/09
LOL - now that is funny - nt  socialism=nowhere | 08/25/09
Microsoft staying away from price points  JoeBob_z | 08/25/09
I think that advert is poor...  GetReal-mac.com | 08/25/09
Should be  Lester Young | 08/25/09
Wishful thinking...  techconc | 08/26/09
Which major studies?  Rob Oakes | 08/26/09
I've got both and Windows is far more useable  NonZealot | 08/26/09
And your opinion is based on...?  Lester Young | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  docmurdock | 08/25/09
Why would Apple be worried about System 7?  UrbanBard | 08/25/09
I can't see any reason why it should be  Laraine Anne Barker | 08/25/09
FYI  zkiwi | 08/26/09
Fooling some of the people all of the time  tonymcs@... | 08/25/09
Company values  Graham Ellison | 08/25/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  slylabs13 | 08/25/09
I doubt it.  HypnoToad72 | 08/25/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  JordanN. | 08/25/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  Rafale555 | 08/25/09
Is it 'me too'...  Sleeper Service | 08/26/09
Hardly. Things aren't going to change that much.  ConstableOdo | 08/25/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  Disgruntled M$ User | 08/26/09
You're right  NStalnecker | 08/26/09
Macs are cheap to buy!  Tired of Windows Stuff | 08/26/09
Apple would be foolish to worry about (any) Windows  wanderson | 08/26/09
I would hardly call  NStalnecker | 08/26/09
Why I don't use a Mac:  Yam Digger | 08/26/09
Use virtualbox  Tired of Windows Stuff | 08/26/09
This is true, unfortunately ....  kingtj | 08/26/09
You do know...  brokenspokes | 08/29/09
There IS no Koolaid!  slylabs13 | 08/26/09
There IS no Koolaid!  Tired of Windows Stuff | 08/26/09
Too funny!  Qbt | 08/26/09
The differences between OS X and Windows...  olePigeon | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  lcarliner@... | 08/26/09
What...  His_Shadow | 08/26/09
Apple doesn't get viruses but what happen if they did  Randalllind | 08/26/09
How may years do we have to hear this same tired argument?  techconc | 08/26/09
Business as usual?  NonZealot | 08/26/09
Business as usual?  Tired of Windows Stuff | 08/26/09
Probably about as long as we have to hear yours.  Lester Young | 08/26/09
I doubt it  oncall | 08/26/09
They should be worried!  mwagner@... | 08/26/09
It'll be fun to watch  oncall | 08/26/09
Another thought  oncall | 08/26/09
Long slow bleed?  NonZealot | 08/26/09
See things as you wish  oncall | 08/26/09
Wow, I agreed with you  NonZealot | 08/26/09
Then we agee  oncall | 08/26/09
Agree 100%  NonZealot | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  andrew@... | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  rob.sharp@... | 08/26/09
What change in tactics?  barbose | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  rbert16000 | 08/26/09
7 is 7 and Leopard is Leopard  rflulling@... | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  TWBurger | 08/26/09
No  non-sequitur | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  tom@... | 08/26/09
Windows 7 doesn't change anything?  Synthmeister | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  terrytremethick | 08/26/09
Or Maybe - Apple Decided Windoze-Bashing Was No Longer Profitable  drprod@... | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  david@... | 08/26/09
No, they have their niche, but use the RIGHT terms please....  dtroyerSMU | 08/26/09
LOL  oncall | 08/26/09
And that's why  oncall | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  beau.bramlett@... | 08/26/09
Mactards will have to tone down their nasal David Spadian snide.  completecirclemarketing | 08/26/09
Mactard?  NonZealot | 08/26/09
Because marketards will NEVER shut up.  matthew_maurice | 08/26/09
Marketard?  NonZealot | 08/26/09
When OSX Lion is released......  Lester Young | 08/26/09
ROFL! Well done! (nt)  NonZealot | 08/26/09
I Love Ignorance  His_Shadow | 08/26/09
You certainly do.  Lester Young | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  jeremiah_33_3@... | 08/26/09
That's not their strategy  oncall | 08/26/09
The actor who plays the big PC  HollywoodDog | 08/26/09
What's good for Microsoft is good for Apple  Silex | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  Gyula Bognar, Jr. | 08/26/09
Apple is in trouble  Daedalu | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  captainbobby | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  captainbobby | 08/26/09
Answers for MSFT stooges  Douglas Ward | 08/26/09
In economy...  keoz | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  captainbobby | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  stillgolfing | 08/26/09
The facts...  keoz | 08/26/09
Apple is too busy building tomorrow's best...  bbneo | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  hwaynew | 08/26/09
No, actually we buy them for the OS  SkinDiver | 08/26/09
People buy Macs for the brand name???  shanee25 | 08/26/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  timothyt@... | 08/26/09
Win viruses, etc.  kisap | 08/27/09
Okay  TedKraan | 08/27/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  jimk_z | 08/27/09
Nah,nobody is worried  otaddy | 08/27/09
Who cares?  bbonis@... | 08/27/09
Ice Cream  kc117mx | 08/27/09
re: Who cares  c0796 | 08/27/09
Apple is in deep... or not  goff256 | 08/27/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  bb_apptix | 08/27/09
I think Apple is always worried  marks055@... | 08/27/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  j_richter50@... | 08/27/09
Must be near the end of the month...  RocketEater | 08/27/09
It sure generates hits though  oncall | 08/27/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  smtp4me@... | 08/27/09
yawn  brokenspokes | 08/29/09
Pathetic  His_Shadow | 08/29/09
What does that even mean?  His_Shadow | 08/29/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  tonious@... | 08/30/09
More junk from "the shaft"  metilley@... | 08/30/09
He's talking %age, and he's right.  cyberpundit | 09/02/09
No-one cares about OSX on "any hardware".  cyberpundit | 09/02/09
Already got those "features". Next question?  cyberpundit | 09/02/09
ummm, let me guess  rtk | 09/03/09
Yes, your machine would have crap hardware  cyberpundit | 09/02/09
And where do you think Apple's are made?  rtk | 09/03/09
RE: Is Apple worried by Windows 7?  char-sebastian@... | 09/13/09

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