Dan Poarch

iPhone Browsing Market Share Shows Importance of Usability

Agreed. NM, you miss the point. SAP picked the better web platform, not the larger installed base. Basing their decision making on where the experience is better, to better enhance their own product. A smart decision, time will tell how wise.

Apple Joins Microsoft in Fear Factor; Look to Lenovo

Ill conceived post. Anyone living in fear of iTunes or an iPhone shouldn't be around technology at all.

A Look Back at Zune - From the Future

Nice try, but Apple has never been pathetic. Even at it's worst, it's always been a strong player, just not very wise with marketing and controlling their target markets. They lost market share because of corporate IT purchasing and consumers buying computers because they were cheap. When a computer isn't the center of your life, you will spend as little money as possible on it. When computers become your everyday, you're more willing to spend money on a reliable system that brings value into your life.

Apple has never been the number one player, and probably won't be. You see, 6% market share is their strength. Whereas with Microsoft, the top player in the PC OS market should be able to do better than 6% in a sub-market like MP3 players.

In 2010, there will be a Zune after market in paperweights.

Tip To Microsoft and Verizon: Think Better. Much Better.

Good point about fake Rolex watches. We all get the joke when we see one. Let's face it, Verizon will do well with this product but they won't do "great." Nor will they ever compete with the iPhone. This phone will always be an also-ran and for some people that's fine. But without the iPhone, it wouldn't exist and we'd all still be wondering how Motorola tricked us into buying another RAZR.

This LG is good news for Apple. Simple as that.

Microsoft Releases Next Generation of Zunes

I missed the part about these not shipping until Mid-November. Is anyone behind the wheel at Microsoft? They've always been an also-ran but they've been much better at it in the past. They deserved their prevalence in the 90s, but they deserve very little these days. These revisions to the Zune are hardly groundbreaking. I have NEVER heard of anyone using these features and Zunes are outnumbered in my immediate office by 30 to 1. What are they doing about this?

Research in Motion Hits Record on Takeover Rumor

Hugely amusing. Microsoft's recent record of rabid un-success matched with RIMM's ingenuity and creativity would be disastrous.

Upgraded iMacs Will Push Against Microsoft in Back-to-School Period

I'm missing the "still worrisome newsflow" on the iPhone... Are we saying that because the street wildly over-estimated the sales of a smartphone in it's first 30 hours of release [that was still record-breaking] that it's somehow flawed? Everyone I know stills loves their iPhone...

Apple For Enterprise: Yes, Change Does Happen

Thank you, thank you. The case against Macs in the workplace is not a case of anything but fear of change. I can't say it enough times. It's fear of change. I love IT guys but, in most cases, they are new Teamsters resisting anything that changes their workday. In their defense, I'm noticing more willingness to change in the IT circles but it's not completely "cool" yet to defend Macs as an IT pro.

There's another issue at play here. Microsoft Exchange Server. It will not be able to keep pace with the rapid expansion of email, Blackberries, Macs, etc. that are about to swarm the workplace. Exchange is really the only thing keeping Macs out of most workplaces. Yes, proprietary applications are another issue but we're not to the point where that affects the broader issue of en masse adoption. Once the email store gets a makeover and individual server tasks, that are currently under Exchange's domain, get distributed to stronger stand-alone products, the Mac will be more than a no-brainer. I dare say it will be found to be a necessity.

"Necessity?" Yes. It's open-source at it's core, but protected enough to be stable. The hardware is unbeatable, no one touches Apple's hardware engineering. Deployment can happen at rate of 20-30 minutes per seat. Maintenance for a Mac is roughly 2/3 in time and roughly 1/2 in cost. These are important numbers for a company looking to trim costs further and create black ink growth at time when the economy is incredibly volatile and unpredictable.

I'm not trying to paint a fantasy picture of the Mac being sold out for the next ten quarters because every company is selling off their Dells. But I am saying that it's a fantasy to think that Macs won't start playing a much stronger role in the workplace.

The Difference Between Apple and Microsoft Marketing

Oh, I'm a Mac user and you see me here blogging on company time right? ; ) I'm just saying that it can't be assumed that Windows runs the enterprise because of its "efficiency." I recoil at the idea the corporations are efficient. More to the point, the small enterprise is where one finds the Mac. Where ROI is king. I don't buy the stance that you interpret from Carl's post. Nor do I entirely buy what I read in Carl's post. This lifestyle argument is long in the tooth in the Mac vs. PC circles. I would argue that the Mac makes long strides in the "Time Aware" segment that hates wrestling with an operating system broken by viruses and rife with malware just to get online, check the news, send an email, and head out to the bar.

TTB. Time to beer. That's how I make my IT evals.

The Difference Between Apple and Microsoft Marketing

With all due respect, any large corporation with Windows running on their desktops is not worried about efficiency. Without opening the door to rabid debate about the viability of the Mac in the enterprise, I have to state that Windows does not, by default, represent efficiency in the work place. I would estimate that the average business would see IT costs drop by 30% if they replaced PCs with Macs on the desktop. It is a known fact that Macs deploy quicker, cost less over time, and require much less managed maintenance. My number is just an estimate based on personal experience, and is based on keeping current back-end systems right where they are. Windows dominates the enterprise desktop because of cartel and conformity, not competition.

The Difference Between Apple and Microsoft Marketing

What about time value? Macs work reliably. The newer machines are blazingly fast at getting you onto the web and into action. Whether one is time rich or time poor, there are a lot of users that just to use without feeling abused. I'd say Apple caters to that user.