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by pier256 hours ago |
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upvoteby p_ing5 hours ago|
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Apple isn't capable of manufacturing the amount of volume necessary to displace x86/Windows.

Apple shipped 25.6 million Macs in 2025. Lenovo shipped 19.3 million PCs in the 4th quarter alone.

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upvoteby smt886 hours ago|
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No they're not. They're going to continue making enormous amounts of money from corporate IT lock-in, Azure, and AI.

Windows' biggest competitor is iOS, and many people have stopped using Windows entirely and just rely on their phones. Microsoft has had record profits since that started happening.

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upvoteby exhilaration6 hours ago|
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Funny you mention iOS - my MegaCorp-issued iPhone has Microsoft entune for device management and Active Directory membership, Microsoft Authenticator for single sign-on, and really high quality versions of Microsoft office apps - Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel. Microsoft is all-in when comes to iOS.

Over Peak I had to update a shared Excel file on SharePoint each night - because as we all know, Excel is the finest multi-user database in existence. I had no problems doing that from my iPhone.

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upvoteby mock-possum6 hours ago|
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But what PC user is going to be like “oh now that the NEO is out, I’m finally willing to switch to a completely different operating system”
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upvoteby pier256 hours ago|
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What about new users that don't have a laptop yet?

Or users that have a very crappy Windows laptop and would like to improve to something good hardware wise?

Or what about Windows users that have other Apple devices and don't have strong hardware requirements?

Let's not forget about RAM and SSD prices increasing PC prices through the roof.

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