Re: Question about the number of Apple users vs Mac users

[TheFlash@fast.net (Barry Allen)]

In article <3B7448D1.5020102@mts.net>, Mike Pfaiffer <pfaiffer@mts.net> wrote:

 OTOH estimates of the number of Mac users seems 
> to be generally dropping (in favour of Linux from the way things look).

Linux, as terrific as it is, is still too geeky for the general population.

It's not a matter of how powerful Linux is, it's how productive can you be
with it (at this point) because of the learning curve and few apps yet
(mainstream apps). It has a way to go yet. But it is cool to dink with.
Very stable. *Very* fast. 

 
>         I'm thinking of the possibility of the number of Apple// users
eventually 
> exceeding the number of Mac users at some point. It might be an 
> interesting scenario... ;-)

Not in your wildest imagination. The installed Mac base is in the millions,
and still growing, and there are *at least as many* legacy Macs still
around as there are Apple //s. 

Probably more because lots of legacy Macs can still churn out office work
at a decent speed, still do a pretty decent job with, say, an older version
of Photoshop and still get on the Internet with acceptable speed.

And most important; old Mac Power PC's are terrific for running Bernie ][
The Rescue on.  :>)

The IIGS at the speed I always wanted to see it run at.

Sorry. That dog don't hunt.

Barry Allen