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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm guessing there's a bit of source bias here. I'll buy that Windows won't be dominant in 10 years, but defaulting to Apple doesn't seem backed by the data presented.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, as the gap between paid OS and free ones narrows, we see the free ones in use in more and more contexts.

Cloud and phone went first, now it's finally the year of the Linux desktop, again.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yea, most enterprises that I know of are looking at VDI. I don't think Apple has made any effort in that area?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Apple won't dominate the corporate space because then they would have to support the corporate space. They know if they do that their products will be common, and they couldn't charge the premium they do. Then the people that demand corporate support their Apple products wouldn't be rebels sticking it to The Man. Would doctors and C-Level wannabes really feel special if they didn't have to throw their weight around to get IT to accept Macs? If that common, dirty, IT troll just sauntered up from the basement with a fully supported Macbook Air ready to go, it would take all the "I feel SPECIAL" out of the experience. And that is what Mac users pay for.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that how apple users see themselves?

I've always seen them as gullible hipsters paying more than they need to because of the logo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I think Apple users typically fall into one of a few different categories:

  1. "I'm a creative/visionary"
  2. "I don't really understand computers"
  3. "I need a native Unix command line"