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On February 06 2009 17:29 MacWorld wrote:
Apple is outscoring Dell in every aspect in the education segment and specially in higher education.
These are Gartners (student monitor: computing and the internet) numbers from fall 2008:
of all student that intend to buy a latop next 12 months -
50% of them intend to buy a mac
21% a dell
14% a hp
4% toshiba
3% gateway
2% compaq
The numbers from 2005 were:
17% a mac
46% a dell
100% (give or take) of those who already own a mac intends to buy a knew mac next time.
64% of current dell-users plan to try a mac next time. Do you see a pattern? Do you understand what is happening?
Hello?! - where is the vision Dell? Where is the innovation? Where is the progress? Where is the creativity?
Post the actual study, Gartner is usually fucking retarded.Apple is outscoring Dell in every aspect in the education segment and specially in higher education.
These are Gartners (student monitor: computing and the internet) numbers from fall 2008:
of all student that intend to buy a latop next 12 months -
50% of them intend to buy a mac
21% a dell
14% a hp
4% toshiba
3% gateway
2% compaq
The numbers from 2005 were:
17% a mac
46% a dell
100% (give or take) of those who already own a mac intends to buy a knew mac next time.
64% of current dell-users plan to try a mac next time. Do you see a pattern? Do you understand what is happening?
Hello?! - where is the vision Dell? Where is the innovation? Where is the progress? Where is the creativity?
Gartner Prediction: Y2K Issues To Continue Throughout Year
By Kristen Kenedy
5:06 PM EST Tue. Dec. 28, 1999
From the December 28, 1999 issue of CRN Although most large companies and organizations have hammered out the most pressing Y2K issues, analysts at GartnerGroup Inc. said related problems will continue to dog the industry throughout next year.
In a conference call on Tuesday, GartnerGroup analysts said they are forecasting only a fraction of the expected errors to occur over the New Year's holiday weekend.
"We believe there will be minor infrastructure issues that will probably last a period of hours," said Matt Hotle, GartnerGroup vice president and research director. "But perhaps more substantial problems [will occur] in most businesses on Jan. 3 and 4 when they bring their systems back up. We think there will be problems but they will be solvable within three days after they are found."
As much as 55 percent of the expected Y2K related problems will be experienced across a 12- to 14-month period following the new year, Hotle said. Anticipated problems include software failures, hardware failures, supply chain problems and data corruption.
"Most companies realize this and have plans in place to follow it," he added.
The firm estimates that software renovation so far has cost organizations $300 billion to $600 billion worldwide.
Like most analysts, GartnerGroup believes the majority of large U.S. companies and organizations are prepared for the switch over to the year 2000. Fully staffed command centers responsible for administering and managing the flow of information are commonplace.
Possible immediate threats from viruses and hackers are being considered and plans implemented.
GartnerGroup analysts said organizations are controlling the flow of information in and out to stop hackers and viruses, and plans are in place to handle a higher number of possible viruses in the new year. But these issues still present a level of uncertainty.
"If we have 20 or 100 or more active viruses over a short period of time, that would be a considerable problem," said GartnerGroup Research Director Lou Marcoccio.
Criminal activity also is a consideration. "It's likely we will have at least one company that will have considerable losses due to this type of problem, even though the overall number will be pretty low," Marcoccio said. He stressed that most companies are taking actions to ensure these problems do not occur.
Analysts said the U.S. federal government is ready for Y2K. However, they noted trouble spots could occur with small state and local agencies. About one-third of local town governments are planning to finish their Y2K preparations on Dec. 31 and some will continue to work into 2000, analysts said.
Utilities, such as power, gas and oil companies, "have done exceptionally well," said Marcoccio, as have banks and financial institutions.
More than half of small businesses have completed efforts and done some level of testing, while the other 50 percent are not working on a fix because they believe they are not dependent on distributed systems, he said.
Among the international trouble spots to watch are Russia, other parts of the former Soviet Union, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, smaller island nations and central and western Africa, according to analysts. But Marcoccio added that many of these countries routinely deal with telephone and transportation interruptions. "The risk of impact is significantly less in these countries, even though their compliance is behind," he said.
GartnerGroup has been following the potential Y2K problems since 1995. Researchers at the firm indicated they were eager to move on to new issues, and the Stamford-based company said it will not continue briefings in 2000.
Indeed, now that the Y2K crisis seems to be mostly over, Marcoccio said companies are looking toward e-business. "Most companies throughout the world are shifting all their resources and dollars into these areas as fast as they can as they wind down Y2K," he said.
By Kristen Kenedy
5:06 PM EST Tue. Dec. 28, 1999
From the December 28, 1999 issue of CRN Although most large companies and organizations have hammered out the most pressing Y2K issues, analysts at GartnerGroup Inc. said related problems will continue to dog the industry throughout next year.
In a conference call on Tuesday, GartnerGroup analysts said they are forecasting only a fraction of the expected errors to occur over the New Year's holiday weekend.
"We believe there will be minor infrastructure issues that will probably last a period of hours," said Matt Hotle, GartnerGroup vice president and research director. "But perhaps more substantial problems [will occur] in most businesses on Jan. 3 and 4 when they bring their systems back up. We think there will be problems but they will be solvable within three days after they are found."
As much as 55 percent of the expected Y2K related problems will be experienced across a 12- to 14-month period following the new year, Hotle said. Anticipated problems include software failures, hardware failures, supply chain problems and data corruption.
"Most companies realize this and have plans in place to follow it," he added.
The firm estimates that software renovation so far has cost organizations $300 billion to $600 billion worldwide.
Like most analysts, GartnerGroup believes the majority of large U.S. companies and organizations are prepared for the switch over to the year 2000. Fully staffed command centers responsible for administering and managing the flow of information are commonplace.
Possible immediate threats from viruses and hackers are being considered and plans implemented.
GartnerGroup analysts said organizations are controlling the flow of information in and out to stop hackers and viruses, and plans are in place to handle a higher number of possible viruses in the new year. But these issues still present a level of uncertainty.
"If we have 20 or 100 or more active viruses over a short period of time, that would be a considerable problem," said GartnerGroup Research Director Lou Marcoccio.
Criminal activity also is a consideration. "It's likely we will have at least one company that will have considerable losses due to this type of problem, even though the overall number will be pretty low," Marcoccio said. He stressed that most companies are taking actions to ensure these problems do not occur.
Analysts said the U.S. federal government is ready for Y2K. However, they noted trouble spots could occur with small state and local agencies. About one-third of local town governments are planning to finish their Y2K preparations on Dec. 31 and some will continue to work into 2000, analysts said.
Utilities, such as power, gas and oil companies, "have done exceptionally well," said Marcoccio, as have banks and financial institutions.
More than half of small businesses have completed efforts and done some level of testing, while the other 50 percent are not working on a fix because they believe they are not dependent on distributed systems, he said.
Among the international trouble spots to watch are Russia, other parts of the former Soviet Union, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, smaller island nations and central and western Africa, according to analysts. But Marcoccio added that many of these countries routinely deal with telephone and transportation interruptions. "The risk of impact is significantly less in these countries, even though their compliance is behind," he said.
GartnerGroup has been following the potential Y2K problems since 1995. Researchers at the firm indicated they were eager to move on to new issues, and the Stamford-based company said it will not continue briefings in 2000.
Indeed, now that the Y2K crisis seems to be mostly over, Marcoccio said companies are looking toward e-business. "Most companies throughout the world are shifting all their resources and dollars into these areas as fast as they can as they wind down Y2K," he said.
Garnter is also the group that's predicting the mouse to be gone in 5 years.
