Apple Decides 600 Million PC Users with 5 Year Old PCs is a Sad Fact

[allheart55 Cindy E]

 

 

Earlier today Apple held their Spring press event to announce new hardware to the press and masses of their customers.

 

However, one group of product users were dismissed as sad according to one of the on stage executives.

 

During the presentation of all things iPad Pro, the 9.7 inch model announced today, Apple's Phil Schiller shared a stat with the audience that first hit social media timelines last week during the Samsung announcement for their new 2-in-1 Galaxy TabPro S for Windows 10.

 

At the 46 minute mark in today's product keynote, Schiller shares that a large group of users that made the move to what is now the original iPad Pro were Windows users. He then goes on to share the stat we first heard last week from Samsung - that over 600 million PCs are five years or older.

 

He then pronounced to the assembled crowd at the event that this fact was indeed sad. There was a smattering of nervous laughter and subdued applause and the reaction from fellow Apple executives at that very moment who were shown on camera after that tidbit was priceless.

 

 

 

I felt like I was once again in a classic "Hi, I'm a PC and I'm a Mac" commercial.

 

By the way, here is a GIF of the reaction as well:

 

 

 

Source: winsupersite

[Tony D]

Another timely post. The question was asked just the other day in my Mac group about installing an older OS on their Mac. The user wanted to install an older OS on their Mac. The older OS is Yosemite (OS 10.10) onto his Mac that's running El Capitan (OS 10.11) Here's the response:

 

As long as the Mac itself predates El Capitan, you

can switch back. You would need to erase the hard drive

before installing Yosemite, and then reinstall your apps

and restore your personal data. These days it's not

possible to put an older version of OS X on top of a newer one.

 

This is a problem I have with Apple. They make you stay current on their hardware and software. Microsoft is much better at backyard compatibility than Apple.

[AWS]

I have a late 2013 Mac Pro. It came with Mavericks. I upgraded to Yosemite and when El Cap was released upgraded to it. I didn't take to El Capitan so I used time machine to roll back to Yosemite.

 

So if you have Time Machine on you can roll back without losing data. I could have taken it all the way back to Mavericks if I wanted to.

[Tony D]

Good tip. Check out my Mac group? www.mlmug.org I'll get you in. Edited March 23, 2016 by AWS

[AWS]

I'll check it out when I get a chance.