r505Matt said:
You know, after thinking about it, you do have an interesting point, even if I don't fully agree with it. There's also something I think you're missing in terms of potential. Apple could be attacked at any time, it's not on some remote hill, just no one's really cared to look at it yet. But, the hacker community can be pretty fickle, and maybe some of them could just switch to Macs at any time. In one sense, the second that happens, the Mac's security lowers, but in the other sense, the Mac's security is still the same. Everyone here but you is talking in regards to the latter, you're the only one talking about the former. It makes it hard to have a discussion with you since we're all on a different page. In regards to your "security through obscurity starting to wear off" http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/gartner_apple_has_8_us_computer_market_share/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2325860,00.asp So Apple was at an ~8% market share 10 years ago, and is finally now back at that level now. That's not really indicative of a growing userbase. I'm looking at the big picture, not just the past couple of year. Granted, they hit an all time low of 2.2% around 2006, and have done wonders to come back, but that doesn't mean they'll break beyond the 10% barrier. And that's just US, Apple is estimated around 5% worldwide but I don't think it's tracked WW. So in terms of the last 3-4 years, yes the userbase is growing, but in comparison to 10 years ago, it's the same, it just dipped down and came back. |
It's true that the differing definitions make it confusing, but we both understand what the other means so it shouldn't be too bad.
6%, not 5 btw for OSX's worldwide share, closer to 7% for Apple (Iphone)
But yes, you are right in that until Apple hits about 60% market share it can still be considered to be to have lost marketshare from where it was before - don't think it's all that important though, it's currently trending up and I have no reason to believe that will change any time soon
