Apple topples Microsoft's throne.

[jasoncyrus]

This shows that investors have more confidence in Apple growth than Microsoft. Which makes sense since from the Wall Street standpoint, Apple has the iPad and a new iPhone coming out whereas Windows has Windows 7 and new Windows Mobile, which are fantastic, but unfortunately are not as physically tangible as an iPad. But this has been a trend for the last few years and Apple has been continuously successful in their hardware. Windows on the other hand, makes great software to the point of monetary stagnation.

Strictly from an investing standpoint, Apple REALLY has it going on right now.

lol this battle has been going on for quite some time. Bill and Steve have been back stabbing each other since the 80s

And it made such a GREAT documentary.

It's just the same boring shitty hardware though, either made bigger or smaller. Ipad is just a big iphone touch, ipods are just resizes of the originals, and they all use the same ballocks software. Where as windows is continually bringing out new originality and usability and features built in, while apple relies on third parties making all the apps for their hardware etc.

In the long run windows will still be here long after apple is dead and gone.

 

[Worgen]

too bad macs still cant game and with some of the ship apple has pulled lately they seem a bit more insane them ms at times

 

[The King of Rock and Roll]

Yeah but middle aged women and vegetarian indie kids will buy anything that looks good and advertises on ease of use so they don't actually have to understand how it works.

 

[DocBalance]

Call me when Macs become a viable gaming platform, and I'll start caring.

But they have 125238527908357290729183 gaming apps for ipod and ipad....

Totally agree with you though. I have a Linux based OS to be my SO SRS operating systems, and windowz to be my gaming system.

I know, I know, but handheld gaming has just never really caught on with me. I got a Gameboy SP back in the day, and never owned more than three games for it.

Excellent choices, by the way, if I was smart enough to run Linux and/or dualboot/had the kind of scratch necessary to compile two PCs, I'd do the same.

 

[jasoncyrus]

Microsoft has always been a closed software platform, but they never tried to wrest as much control over the hardware platform as Apple does. For that I intensely dislike Apple.

Indeed, nothing worse than being stuck with quite frankly disgusting inferior hardware and no custom upgrade options or ability to build from scratch.

Call me when Macs become a viable gaming platform, and I'll start caring.

But they have 125238527908357290729183 gaming apps for ipod and ipad....

Totally agree with you though. I have a Linux based OS to be my SO SRS operating systems, and windowz to be my gaming system.

I know, I know, but handheld gaming has just never really caught on with me. I got a Gameboy SP back in the day, and never owned more than three games for it.

Excellent choices, by the way, if I was smart enough to run Linux and/or dualboot/had the kind of scratch necessary to compile two PCs, I'd do the same.

Indeed, I've got Linux on my Eee PC laptop because it loads up in seconds and quite frankly works a lot better than windows on that kind o system, especially since it's used for office stuff etc.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Microsoft has always been a closed software platform, but they never tried to wrest as much control over the hardware platform as Apple does. For that I intensely dislike Apple.

Quite the same here. Thank you for a more concise and intelligible phrasing than I've been trying to bang out.

Call me when Macs become a viable gaming platform, and I'll start caring.

But they have 125238527908357290729183 gaming apps for ipod and ipad....

Totally agree with you though. I have a Linux based OS to be my SO SRS operating systems, and windowz to be my gaming system.

Does pressing a button to make a fart noise still qualify as a game? I guess I need to lower my standards.

I kid, I kid.

 

[Jark212]

Fertilized with the blood of a million Hipsters...

Apple rest there Indie souls...

 

[The_Healer]

Honestly, I see apple as the leading creator of fads. They create aesthetically desirable gadgets and through appealing to a less tech saavy audience, they have earnt a lot of money.

I however dislike their focus on aesthetics and particularly their unwillingness to cooperate with other companies in order to make things easier for the user.

Microsoft seems to produce consistantly usable products that will never become unused because they are no longer 'trendy'. You don't see all that many people who know a good deal about computers and tech using macs, I can tell you that.

 

[Sev07]

My PC still seems to work way better then my mac so... Ya... I'll stick with my PC. Weird that so many people are into the iPad.

Spoiler: Rock == iPad

 

[Johnnyallstar]

Call me when Macs become a viable gaming platform, and I'll start caring.

But they have 125238527908357290729183 gaming apps for ipod and ipad....

Totally agree with you though. I have a Linux based OS to be my SO SRS operating systems, and windowz to be my gaming system.

I know, I know, but handheld gaming has just never really caught on with me. I got a Gameboy SP back in the day, and never owned more than three games for it.

Excellent choices, by the way, if I was smart enough to run Linux and/or dualboot/had the kind of scratch necessary to compile two PCs, I'd do the same.

I was actually being sarcastic about the ipod/ipad thing haha. Most people don't have tons of exposure to Linux, so it can be really daunting at first. I grew up on an ancient UNIX box, so Linux is second nature to me. But if you get into the community, it's full of people willing to help. If you want to, look into something called Knoppix, you can mount it right to your Windows, and run it as a mounted OS just to get the feel of it, or run it as a distinct OS of itself.

If you want to check it out, here's a link http://www.knoppix.net/ it's rather neat, I think. Allows people to play with a Linux OS without having to partition drives, or anything.

 

[Cryo84R]

Call me when Macs become a viable gaming platform, and I'll start caring.

But they have 125238527908357290729183 gaming apps for ipod and ipad....

Totally agree with you though. I have a Linux based OS to be my SO SRS operating systems, and windowz to be my gaming system.

I know, I know, but handheld gaming has just never really caught on with me. I got a Gameboy SP back in the day, and never owned more than three games for it.

Excellent choices, by the way, if I was smart enough to run Linux and/or dualboot/had the kind of scratch necessary to compile two PCs, I'd do the same.

I was actually being sarcastic about the ipod/ipad thing haha. Most people don't have tons of exposure to Linux, so it can be really daunting at first. I grew up on an ancient UNIX box, so Linux is second nature to me. But if you get into the community, it's full of people willing to help. If you want to, look into something called Knoppix, you can mount it right to your Windows, and run it as a mounted OS just to get the feel of it, or run it as a distinct OS of itself.

If you want to check it out, here's a link http://www.knoppix.net/ it's rather neat, I think. Allows people to play with a Linux OS without having to partition drives, or anything.

You know OS X is a UNIX derivative, right?

 

[DocBalance]

I was actually being sarcastic about the ipod/ipad thing haha. Most people don't have tons of exposure to Linux, so it can be really daunting at first. I grew up on an ancient UNIX box, so Linux is second nature to me. But if you get into the community, it's full of people willing to help. If you want to, look into something called Knoppix, you can mount it right to your Windows, and run it as a mounted OS just to get the feel of it, or run it as a distinct OS of itself.

If you want to check it out, here's a link http://www.knoppix.net/ it's rather neat, I think. Allows people to play with a Linux OS without having to partition drives, or anything.

Hmm, that's interesting, I may have to check that out. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I couldn't care less as long as this doesn't mean that I have to switch. I am a well entrenched PC user.

 

[Baby Tea]

Great day for the tech industry.

Well, the stocks are up. That's true.
Let me know when Apple has the 80% market share for computers instead of Microsoft.
Then I'll be impressed.

 

[Amalith]

Bah, I actually prefer Microsoft. The Zune is way cooler than the iPod (admittedly, very few developers for it, but Zune Pass is sweet, and I prefer the Zune interface). PCs are better than Macs. And the Xbox is better than nothing I guess.

 

[superbatranger]

I have a feeling everyone will jump on the Appholes bandwagon now that they are seeming to pull ahead. You know, rolls switched?

People do that all the time. Just goes to show how capable they are of sticking by one thing without changing to something else.

 

[Johnnyallstar]

Hmm, that's interesting, I may have to check that out. Thanks for the tip!

You're welcome, It's a great way to ease into the Linux hot tub.

You know OS X is a UNIX derivative, right?

Absolutely, but it's not the same, and also most people deal as little with text based computer work as possible. Anymore people rely so heavily on their GUI it's baffling. It's rather funny because almost everyone has at least one computer in their house, but has absolutely no idea how it works... except for by magic!

I actually have dozens of original OS books in my room, ranging from UNIX to OSX, to C++ to several other dead languages. My father was a UNIX programmer back when I was a kid, and I still have everything. I thought about becoming a programmer myself, considering my above average head start, but with how horribly programmers are treated, I said no thanks.

 

[chris11246]

To quote LRR "We here at Apple are at the cross roads of technology and Liberal Arts, and Liberal Arts majors failed math."

I like the ipod touch but that's about it. Macs have always been more expensive and harder to customize. Plus I use my computer for a lot of gaming now so I need a good gaming laptop. Also the ipad is a complete waste of money.

 

[Billion Backs]

I hate 'em both, but I hate Apple more.

Oh well, as long as Macs don't magically flood everywhere and I have to work with their shitty interface and lame one-button mouse, why do I care?

And then there's the douche factor Apple likes to emphasize in their own products...

 

[asinann]

How does their stock price going over Microsoft's affect 99% of the world exactly?