Comments on: Living & Dead Computers http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/living-dead-computers.html Ideas & Trends Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:43:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Max http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/living-dead-computers.html/comment-page-1#comment-245479 Max Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:42:25 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/living-dead-computers.html#comment-245479 " With my iPod I can browse the web, edit spreadsheets and word documents, download and listen to music, install software, play games…so tell me why the iPhone or iPod Touch isn’t considered as real a computer as a netbook or desktop with monitor and keyboard is" It is...this report is on use by OS (short for: Operating System) your semIPhone and yawnPOD run on macOS. winCE phones run on... Besides that: "And, yes, why are 486s that are print servers counted as “personal computers”? Doesn’t make much sense…" What does your quoted use of "personal computers" mean here? Last I checked PC didn't stand for Personal Computer, it was an all inclusive term used to denote IBM-Compatible machines. In reality, a personal computer can be defined as any computing device intended for non-commercial use. As such, my GPS is a personal computer, as is my abacus. The real question here is that as everything becomes compatible with itself, and apple runs x86 and everyone works on having OSX port over onto anything...in enough time, there will be standard hardware and the only thing distinguishing a PC from a MAC will be the obnoxious 'better-than-you-because-im-wiser-and-on-the-rise' attitude that seems to come with the 30% markup apple feeds their hardware. ” With my iPod I can browse the web, edit spreadsheets and word documents, download and listen to music, install software, play games…so tell me why the iPhone or iPod Touch isn’t considered as real a computer as a netbook or desktop with monitor and keyboard is”

It is…this report is on use by OS (short for: Operating System) your semIPhone and yawnPOD run on macOS. winCE phones run on…

Besides that: “And, yes, why are 486s that are print servers counted as “personal computers”? Doesn’t make much sense…”

What does your quoted use of “personal computers” mean here? Last I checked PC didn’t stand for Personal Computer, it was an all inclusive term used to denote IBM-Compatible machines.
In reality, a personal computer can be defined as any computing device intended for non-commercial use. As such, my GPS is a personal computer, as is my abacus.

The real question here is that as everything becomes compatible with itself, and apple runs x86 and everyone works on having OSX port over onto anything…in enough time, there will be standard hardware and the only thing distinguishing a PC from a MAC will be the obnoxious ‘better-than-you-because-im-wiser-and-on-the-rise’ attitude that seems to come with the 30% markup apple feeds their hardware.

]]> By: M Sharp http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/living-dead-computers.html/comment-page-1#comment-245404 M Sharp Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:57:29 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/living-dead-computers.html#comment-245404 Windows share dropped below 90% in November. December was the first month when combined OS X and Mobile OS X share topped 10%. insanely-great.com/news.php?id=9934 insanely-great.com/news.php?id=10026 And, yes, why are 486s that are print servers counted as "personal computers"? Doesn't make much sense... Windows share dropped below 90% in November. December was the first month when combined OS X and Mobile OS X share topped 10%.

insanely-great.com/news.php?id=9934
insanely-great.com/news.php?id=10026

And, yes, why are 486s that are print servers counted as “personal computers”? Doesn’t make much sense…

]]> By: Michel http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/living-dead-computers.html/comment-page-1#comment-245397 Michel Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:07:08 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/living-dead-computers.html#comment-245397 And does the iPhone/WinCE Smartphone also count as a computer in this "market share" stat at this point? With my iPod I can browse the web, edit spreadsheets and word documents, download and listen to music, install software, play games...so tell me why the iPhone or iPod Touch isn't considered as real a computer as a netbook or desktop with monitor and keyboard is. And does the iPhone/WinCE Smartphone also count as a computer in this “market share” stat at this point? With my iPod I can browse the web, edit spreadsheets and word documents, download and listen to music, install software, play games…so tell me why the iPhone or iPod Touch isn’t considered as real a computer as a netbook or desktop with monitor and keyboard is.

]]> By: M Carroll http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/living-dead-computers.html/comment-page-1#comment-245396 M Carroll Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:03:45 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/living-dead-computers.html#comment-245396 blahhh, proof read after you've had coffee... I apologize for the grammar, but the point is still valid. blahhh, proof read after you’ve had coffee…

I apologize for the grammar, but the point is still valid.

]]> By: M Carroll http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/living-dead-computers.html/comment-page-1#comment-245395 M Carroll Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:01:04 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/living-dead-computers.html#comment-245395 Well it's all a matter of perspective. Apple manufacturers sells both machine and OS, while MS only sells the operating systems. And since there the bulk of their business is the office sector, then they should count those machines which aren't accessing the internet from 5-9, nor the countless other machines that handle other tasks which don't require internet access. All those render farms for Pixar and the like, probably no internet, probably do run Windows. I'm sure the personal computer use statistics are significantly closer, but it's not representative of MS's demographic, which is probably why they don't care. And you should probably try and look at the converse statistics as well, how many of those "dead" computers does apple have in offices? Well it’s all a matter of perspective. Apple manufacturers sells both machine and OS, while MS only sells the operating systems. And since there the bulk of their business is the office sector, then they should count those machines which aren’t accessing the internet from 5-9, nor the countless other machines that handle other tasks which don’t require internet access. All those render farms for Pixar and the like, probably no internet, probably do run Windows.

I’m sure the personal computer use statistics are significantly closer, but it’s not representative of MS’s demographic, which is probably why they don’t care. And you should probably try and look at the converse statistics as well, how many of those “dead” computers does apple have in offices?

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