Saturday, May 5, 2007
I saw my first Mac!
Well, after having worked in IT for some 25 years, I finally broke down and went to see what a Macintosh computer looked like. What I like about it is that it runs on top of a variant of a Unix-based OS. What I don't like about it is its UI. I know that is one of the selling features of the Mac. I just didn't care for how on its current OS version all of the icons are on the bottom and if you cursor over them they expand in size and kind of pop out at you. Personally, I just find this disorienting. Just like I also detest flashing HTML. What I like about it is that hackers write viruses for Windows since Mac is only about 5.8 percent of the personal computer market. Many people don't have load anti-virus software on their Mac. This is from a report from Macworld, "According to IDC’s report, the growth puts Apple’s market share at 5.8 percent (fourth place overall), ahead of Toshiba at 4.2 percent. Dell topped the U.S. market with 31 percent, but suffered a negative growth rate of -6.7 percent. The top 5 is rounded out by HP with a 22 percent share and Gateway with a 6 percent share." HP is currently the dominant pc maker. I am writing on a HP right now.
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Hi Renee - Just to let you know the expanding icons are just the way the desktop has been configured. You can also place that toolbar anywhere on the screen! Macs have a huge number of plusses, you really only start to appreciate them the more you use them, plus the nix interface is great!
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