Nope, but Apple is up and Microsoft is down.
Claude Everett
"First of all: what is work?
Work is of two kinds:
first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface
relatively to other such matter;
second, telling other people to do so.
The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and
highly paid."
From The collection of essays "In Praise of Idleness" by Bertrand Russell
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Do you have any details on this switch? I don't see any change in my office
but that's or any other offices but this is strictly anecdotal and not a
study of any kind.
On Mon, 22 Oct 2012, Claude Everett wrote:
> I gather that you all are specifically speaking of just the MSW or the
> Lenox and it's variants, Operating Systems; but what about the switch
> to MAC that is happening?
>
>
> Claude Everett
> "First of all: what is work?
> Work is of two kinds:
> first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface
> relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do
> so.
> The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and
> highly paid."
> From The collection of essays "In Praise of Idleness" by Bertrand
> Russell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian and Denise
> Albriton
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 3:00 PM
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> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Research: Over 1 billion smartphones in use
>
> Its content creation and edition that these smart phones and tablets
> are not sufficient for. The drop in sales does not correspond with the
> actual use ofthe PC. Businesses that have those machines will stay
> with them for a very long time.
> The smart phone is still a hot little sports car. When you got to do
> major shopping, load up the station wagon.
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2012, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
>
>> I agree that PC and laptop sales are slumping right now. that's
>> definitely due to competition from tablets and smart phones. It's
>> also due to the fact that people are waiting on Windows 8. Let's also
>> not confuse the fact that PC and laptop sales aren't what they were
>> this time a year ago to PC's and laptops aren't selling at all. The
>> market will be shifting over time, and you won't have as many laptops
>> and PC's being sold, but that doesn't mean they're going away and it
>> doesn't mean that companies won't be making money selling them.
>>
>> As I've said before, smart phones and tablets are great for content
>> consumption, but they aren't ideal for content creation. I know you
>> can attach a keyboard to a smart phone and I know you can hook up a
>> large display to a smart phone, but if you spend over 8 hours a day
>> working on spread sheets, desktop publishing, web content,
>> programming and so on, why would you do that on a less powered smart
>> phone or tablet when you could do that on a laptop or PC with more
>> local storage, a faster multi-core processor and multiple display
support?
>> There are also the hard core gamers, and I don't see them putting up
>> with the performance of your typical smart phone or tablet.
>>
>> I agree that smart phones and tablets will become more and more
>> powerful over time, but so will PC's and laptops. There are also
>> these converged devices, where you get a smart phone or tablet when
>> you're out and about and a desktop when you drop it into the dock on
>> your desk. These might be the real competition to laptops.
>>
>> On 22/10/12 15:36, Mike Pietruk wrote:
>>> Harry
>>>
>>> This isn't an all or nothing decision. Differing types of pcs,
>>> tablets, phones and all sorts of electronic devices will compete in
>>> the marketplace with many users opting for several different ones
>>> for a variety of reasons.
>>> As for XP, no one knows whether April 2014 will end support or not;
>>> the marketplace will determine that.
>>> If there remains a large user base, MSFT may have to continue
>>> support for yet another cut-off date.
>>> And even if they don't extend the date, that isn't to say that folks
>>> won't continue using xp.
>>> What kills an operating system is whether or not there are many
>>> folks using it, whether software and hardware still remain available
>>> to do what folks they to do, et al.
>>> And if support ends for XP, that says nothing about other
>>> desktop/laptop operating systems such as Vista, Win 7 and now Win 8.
>>> So I don't expect the demise of desktops and laptops in the near
>>> term though sales and use may decline in percentage terms with other
>>> equipment taking a great portion of the share.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The real measure of our wealth is how much we should be worth if we
>>> lost
> our money.
>>> John Henry Jowett - (1864-1923), English Congregational pastor
>>>
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>> --
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