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I wouldn't be surprised if 80% of US desktops were Windows. Their users are probably also less tech literate than the Mac users.
by beojan 6y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if 80% of US desktops were Windows. Their users are probably also less tech literate than the Mac users.
- 0xffff2 6y agoFunny. I wonder when this (perception?) shift occurred. 15 years ago, it was distinctly the perception that Mac users were the tech-illiterate ones. Have all the tech-illiterate users abandoned Apple, or have they just been drowned out by the bay area macOS dev culture?
- ultrarunner 6y agoIn my experience in a graphics lab, the perception was that Macs (thought they often wrote that in all caps) “couldn’t do anything.” Specifically, having a one button mouse made them unusable. I never had trouble being productive and greatly enjoyed the old Macs, but I think it was just a different way of looking at computers. Now that macOS is every bit as complicated as windows, it’s often Microsoft’s OS that can’t do something. WSL helps some of that, but there are usability shortcuts that Windows doesn’t have. Windows is also insultingly condescending with its verbiage (“Getting Windows Ready” or “Working on Updates”). Maybe aiming low in their explanations is their one-button-mouse moment. I don’t think the users were ever all tech-illiterate on either platform. Only perceptions have changed.
- bluedino 6y agoMore like 95%
- pwinnski 6y agoMacs are 12% of new sales, but tend to have a longer lifespan than average, so 85% seems reasonable, but 95% does not.