The Industry Standard - Prediction - Comments

Note that this is NOT a

Bradley Baker — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:49:10 -0800

Note that this is NOT a prediction that IT spending will drop by more than 80% (the title), but rather that the GROWTH in IT spending will drop by more than 80%. These are COMPLETELY different statements.

Hey everyone, sorry for the

Eric Hill812251 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:17:36 -0800

Hey everyone, sorry for the delay on resolving this. We're busy closing out all of the end-of-year predictions, in addition to Macworld, as well as adding a lot of new content today. I haven't forgotten about this one, and will address it as soon as possible.

Thanks for understanding.

Eric

We have to wait on this

Eric Hill812251 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:00:23 -0800

We have to wait on this until the end of the conference before making a judgment. Considering the level of chatter heard prior to the keynote around this, I am a bit surprised that it didn't come true (the community is obviously more informed than I am on this). Ah, for Netshare to return to the App Store...

I meant to say there was NOT

Jeremy White — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:30:42 -0800

I meant to say there was NOT significant preference for Mac over PC or vice versa.

To My Forefathers blah blah

Jeremy White — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:29:35 -0800

To My Forefathers blah blah blah and VonMagnum,

I recall a Popular Mechanics issues not too long ago (maybe 6 months ago) that did technical and user preference tests on Mac vs. Windows.

They found that Macs are NOT more expensive for the same power.
For equivalent setups, the Mac actually ran Windows slightly better, but then again, there must have been some differences in the hardware.

However when it came to PC newbs, there was significant preference for Mac over PC or vice versa.
I think it just comes down to your personal preference.
Personally, I like both. I have an OS X laptop and a Vista tablet PC. It's got great tablet support.

The whole thing comes down to too much pride and people wanting to fight.

I'm serious - Apple must be

Eric Hill812251 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:04:13 -0800

I'm serious - Apple must be planning for a February "Special Apple Event" in Cupertino. Hm....

Did not happen. Only

David Kuan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:56:38 -0800

Did not happen. Only business arrangement announced was iTunes over AT&T 3G.

Did not happen. Only

David Kuan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:55:39 -0800

Did not happen. Only hardware announced was a 17" MacBook Pro.

Did not happen. Only

David Kuan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:55:22 -0800

Did not happen. Only hardware announced was a 17" MacBook Pro.

Did not happen. Only

David Kuan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:55:08 -0800

Did not happen. Only hardware announced was a 17" MacBook Pro.

This is a major surprise to

David Kuan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:53:48 -0800

This is a major surprise to the community. Not only was there not a demo, there was not a single mention of it. Sigh.

Oh well... turns out cashing

David Kuan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:41:45 -0800

Oh well... turns out cashing out my FOR bet was the right decision.

Nice!

Eric Hill812251 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:46:48 -0800

Nice!

Eric Hill812251 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:46:41 -0800

Nice!

Too bad I cashed out on this

David Kuan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:40:46 -0800

Too bad I cashed out on this prediction. Seems like it will be announced today at MacWorld.