Comments on: Microsoft’s Biggest Threat: The Younger Generation http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kxx747 http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-208390 Kxx747 Sat, 05 May 2012 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-208390 “That couldn’t be worse news for Microsoft. For years, the Windows maker has been dominating the computing space and growing its installed base around the world.”

They say all good things must come to an end. Maybe it’s inevitable.

]]> By: Picton http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-204020 Picton Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:57:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-204020 Apple is a funny company, they are by far the most evil company around using slave labor and so forth to keep their cost down and still all the fanbois go on about how MS is evil and so forth. In today’s world Apple is misleading the general public. The saying is true “a person is smart but people are stupid” the masses will buy Apple because they are cool and look fancy but that’s about it. Apple have always been form over function. Fanbois will always buy Apple because it makes them feel special like they are leading the way with technology. This come around because of the misleading advertising Apple has produced to do with its products. If you take a step back and look at Apple as a whole you will see that it is more a cult or religion then a technology company. Their followers believe anything Apple say blindly buying their devices because Apple said they are the best. When in fact most if not all are over priced and 2 class.

]]> By: bertbopper http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-200118 bertbopper Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:25:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-200118 Change the titel part “Younger Generation” to the “Consuming and Digesting Generation”

]]> By: jonnyman http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-199597 jonnyman Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:24:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-199597 As if you are going to see any windows products in the environs of a college campus. Yes you will see the occasional mac book but you will see far more Ipad Ipods and Iphones things that so far microsoft has no direct competition for. Unless of course you count windows 8 as a product which nobody outside of microsoft does anyway because it does not yet work.

]]> By: Slash Guest http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-199245 Slash Guest Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:35:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-199245 Yes, you’re right. My kids love the iXbox 360 and the iKinect that we purchased recently! These are definitely Microsoft-killers.

]]> By: dave http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-199145 dave Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:58:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-199145 This article and the comments seems to miss the point when comparing Microsoft and Apple. People buys Apple products because they love Apple hardware first and for most. Case in point, many people buy Macbook Pro and Macbook Air and put Windows on them. Even when they do dual OS on these laptops, they still use Windows alot. I bet if they can put Windows on Ipad, they would too.

]]> By: Guest http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-199134 Guest Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:31:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-199134 First issue they need to take care of is: Steve Balmer. Force him out, or bring back Bill Gates. Automatic success in the eyes of Microsoft fans, and people hoping for their big comeback. 

]]> By: Mmccrea http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-199095 Mmccrea Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-199095 You have to design & make products that the younger generation want and use. Case and point, look at what happened to RIM in a few short years! This may take longer in the PC world but I really think Microsoft should play close attention to this.

]]> By: lovenokia_meego_wp7 http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198981 lovenokia_meego_wp7 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:31:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198981 you all are stupid about this…

]]> By: nar http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198928 nar Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:57:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198928 Kids do not vote with their wallets, their parents do. Many change their mind when they need to spend their own money for their new computer and they cannot afford a macbook.  The younger generation wants to be different, but that fact is not different from years past. The younger generation always wants to be different. 

Kids are also much more social than adults, and they have different needs. You cannot just assume that people will continue to use the same thing as their needs change. 

]]> By: John http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198924 John Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:37:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198924 So based on this article Apple is doomed and Blackberry will rule. I’m basing this on my observation that most older people use Macs and iPhones while the pre-teens are loving the Blacberry’s. Strange isn’t it?

]]> By: John http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198923 John Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198923 When I was in school in the late 80′s we all used Apple computers. In fact most schools had Appl IIe or the BBC Micro. That didn’t do much for Apple in the Enterprise.

]]> By: Scott Soapbox http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198793 Scott Soapbox Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:36:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198793 Yup, college kids just want to be different – like everyone else.  For instance, every college girl seems to wear the exact same kind of Nike shorts.  Maybe they got them free with their Macbook?

]]> By: SFBuckeye http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198744 SFBuckeye Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:15:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198744 Wow great argument. Okay you win.

]]> By: FCNYC http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198722 FCNYC Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:13:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198722 optimuspecs  point was valid and 
SFBuckeye is an a$$

]]> By: plunder http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198669 plunder Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:41:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198669 Apple experienced a popular rebirth when the iPhone and iPad arrived. Android has successfully competed with iPhone but the iPad is still dominant. 
It will be interesting to see how Microsoft deal with these issues. WP7 seems to be making some progress, but it still has some way to go. 

]]> By: Windows Fanboy http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198662 Windows Fanboy Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:13:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198662 This article is a total piece of crap. Badly written by an apple fan boy who has got no idea obviously and is predicting a future which is not going to happen in our life times. Do yourself a favour and write about something relevant.

]]> By: symbolset http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198635 symbolset Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:52:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198635  As often as I see these adoring fans of Windows Phone in the comments of every article, you folks just don’t show up in the sales figures.  Here in the comments you outnumber iPhone and Android buyers 2:1, but it’s not translating to sales.

So many switchers claiming to be disaffected by Android and OS-X and iOS too.  Odd that those latter are growing at absurd rates and have practically impossibly high customer satisfaction figures. 

It’s almost as if these claims in comments have no relation to the real world.

]]> By: symbolset http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198636 symbolset Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:52:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198636  As often as I see these adoring fans of Windows Phone in the comments of every article, you folks just don’t show up in the sales figures.  Here in the comments you outnumber iPhone and Android buyers 2:1, but it’s not translating to sales.

So many switchers claiming to be disaffected by Android and OS-X and iOS too.  Odd that those latter are growing at absurd rates and have practically impossibly high customer satisfaction figures. 

It’s almost as if these claims in comments have no relation to the real world.

]]> By: Try http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198597 Try Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:03:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198597 You must be a ifanboi…

]]> By: Peter Noble http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198575 Peter Noble Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:13:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198575 I have been slowly switching from Apple to HP computers using 64bit Windows 7. I also have bought a Sweetwater CS450 for use as my main DAW.
I’ve been finding that though some aspects of Customer Support are lacking but CS450 and the HP Z800 are fine workstations that can be upgraded unlike my MacPros. 
I’m also seriously thinking of upgrading my iPhone to the new Nokia 900 using Windows 7 mobile. I am tired of the cluttered and ugly cute icons of the now aging iOS. Sitting in restaurants surrounded by endless iPhones makes me think I’m in a cult movie: the Invasion of the Body snatchers.

Apple products are better designed but..and here’s the real reason for switching.. OSX Lion is a mess and the merging of iOS cuteness with what was a serious workstation OS has finally made me cut the chord.

I’ve been playing with Windows 8 and it is a truly modern interface that does not pretend to be anything other than digital. Truth to materials you might say.

]]> By: Gadgetmania - Wanderinglex http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198489 Gadgetmania - Wanderinglex Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:05:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198489  Sounds like the iTunes Store…

]]> By: Gadgetmania - Wanderinglex http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198485 Gadgetmania - Wanderinglex Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:01:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198485 Microsoft makes some great products, but they really need to work on improving their image. And it’s a slow process – Apple didn’t just start being popular – they have released good products and marketed themselves as the innovators, the cool guys, the underdogs, the no-bs company.

Today, I’m seeing the reverse – Apple is starting to become lazy, while MS and others are busting ass trying to come up with something great – and in a few years, I’m pretty sure the situation will change, a lot.

As for the younger generation – they’ll grow up and end up using Windows and Linux software anyway :-D, at least at work – last time I checked, the Internet and the business/corporate/financial world was running on 60% Unix/Linux and 38% Windows…

]]> By: Han http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198366 Han Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198366 I’m about as big of an anti-Apple person as you can get, but you people are kidding yourself if you don’t think there’s merit to this article/opinion piece. It may or may not be the biggest threat, but it’s a significant one.
 
Not only are young people choosing to buy Apple products, it’s starting to trickle into their schools (or forced upon them) either via iPads at the elementary school level or via that college level initiative with their electronic textbooks.

]]> By: naren dhupati http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198355 naren dhupati Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:36:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198355 Well said, if you are a apple fan you will love this article. its full of sweeeeeeet apples people can have fun. But coming to facts Apple is growing fast but only in USA and USA is not entire world. So face it for apple to grow in other areas other than USA they need to be innovative and expand their product range. They need corporate backing and huge software base.

 The second thing they need to have is better security in their software. Many may say that their macs are virus free but to be true that macs are very vulnerable virus/malware etc.. but as they are not used in servers and in corporate settings viruses are not targeted towards macs but if they grow as predicted by this eminent author of this article they need to be vary of virus. 

I want to see more than one player in computer world too, like the present scenario in mobile phone market. More competition means more innovation and more bang for the buck for users(consumers).

(sorry for my bad english)

]]> By: Benjamin Griffel http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198356 Benjamin Griffel Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:36:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198356 xbox?

]]> By: justsayin http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198339 justsayin Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:55:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198339 One big reason for the younger generation adopting Apple products is that those purchases are subsidized in one form or another while older adults must make purchasing decisions fully conscious of price.

]]> By: Martin http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198330 Martin Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:18:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198330 Is it right people sell shit computers? Because apple has been selling functional computers since I can remember.

]]> By: 乃亜 印場 http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198319 乃亜 印場 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:57:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198319 It’s simpler than that.  Their real threat is competition.  Whether it’s Android on cell phones, or Mac OS X on laptops, or iPod vs. Zune, Firefox vs. IE, or Apache vs. Microsoft’s web server – people don’t tend to use Windows based products when they have a realistic choice.  They built a monopoly on the desktop early, which cemented their lead for a long time, but very few of their products are best-of-breed.  In the consumer space, OS isn’t relevant for products like TVs or Classic iPods.  It’s relevant for things like Smart-Phones, but Microsoft’s OS monopoly doesn’t extend there.  As smart-phones and tablets have increased in popularity, Microsoft’s overall market-share has decreased.  Of course, there are many things a computer is still required for, but more and more of them can be done by the web, where the client OS matters very little.  (And where the host OS is nearly always some form Unix).  

That said, PCs still sell more than Macs, so I have to have some doubt about the author’s claim that “ younger people are nearly always using an Apple product.”  It’s probably the opposite, people using an Apple product are usually younger.  

]]> By: DisqusLee http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198320 DisqusLee Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:57:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198320  In fairness
to Microsoft they are pulling all the stops to attract the younger generation with
their Windows Phone Metro UI. I tried it the other day and you can see it’s
clearly aimed at the under 5’s market :-)

Well done STEVE BALLMER (slow clap)

]]> By: DisqusLee http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198317 DisqusLee Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:52:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198317 I know how to save Microsoft!!!! – I know how to save
Microsoft!!!!

They need to attract the Younger Generation to their
products with a catchy advertising campaign. It should be called “Think
Different!” Inviting kids not become a Mac/Starbucks clones and become one of
“the crazy ones”  :-)

I love it when this stuff comes full circle.

But seriously SACK STEVE BALLMER is the  answer to MS woes…

]]> By: Guest http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198312 Guest Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:33:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198312 in the schools.. branding children.

]]> By: Seansjohnson http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198304 Seansjohnson Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:37:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198304 Clearly the study didn’t include xbox sales.

]]> By: pepee63 http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198299 pepee63 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:13:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198299 Young people are the most gullible people out there. They are the ones most likely to be swayed by the cool image. When they grow up, they realize how stupid they were and then buy a product logically. All children grow up eventually. Android will always be the smart choice

]]> By: SFBuckeye http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198290 SFBuckeye Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:48:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198290 And I guess there was a point to your commentary. But I’m sorry I must have dozed off from being lazy. And I have 5 more conjunctions to start a sentence like other lazy writers such as Mark Twain. I considered being eleemosynary but I’m sorry – what was your point again?

And I would point out the irony of someone calling my grammar lazy – yet referring to me to as the grammar police. But then I would be talking about something other than the topic of this article – which might be considered pointless. Ah well.

]]> By: Csni29 http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198286 Csni29 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:30:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198286 Hard to take grammar police serious when they start a sentence with “And”. While it is not wrong to do so, it comes off as lazy. lazy is one of the causes of bad grammar so… just be quiet about it.

]]> By: SFBuckeye http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198278 SFBuckeye Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:18:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198278 Hey McDonald’s people – buy a real computer that has spelling and grammar check. And maybe if you had an iPhone you could launch a Starbucks app and figure out that the average price of Starbucks coffee is between $1.50 and $4.00. Try stepping out of the house and away from your Pentium 4 XP PC

]]> By: iPhart http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198254 iPhart Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:54:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198254 “won’t happen soon, but in 20 years,”

As it goes, in 20 years will be no Apple.

]]> By: Guest http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198249 Guest Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:15:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198249 I don’t know.

I have a lot of friends who are Mac/Apple users or own Macs, and a good chunk are “disappointed” with Lion, Mountain lion and where Apple is going.

Truth to be said, Around me, it seems that Windows 8 and windows phone has more excitement than whatever apple is brewing.

There is a mac in my household.  It did run lion.  But was “downgraded” to Snow leopard, Lion seemed to be too buggy and slow.  That being said, it will be used to run primarily Windows 8 when the official version comes out.  Matter of fact the Developer version and Consumer preview SALUTER both Snow leopard and Lion in performance.

And the same will happen with several of my friends.

Several of us are in the “creative” field (or shortly will be).  And several of our macs will be replaced by HP machines since all the Professional grade creative software are specifically optimized to run on (high-end) HP machines.

Macs, no doubt, are great machines.  But they are a great machine as how a Ferrari is a great machine.  Utter sexy, but almost completely useless to do “real” work.  And it seems that around every bend, Apple is killing the “usefulness”.

]]> By: James Hwang http://www.slashgear.com/microsofts-biggest-threat-the-younger-generation-29220540/#comment-198241 James Hwang Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:56:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220540#comment-198241 Android tablets aren’t selling at all.—
40% market share begs to differ. Apple has 58% market share and Android about 40. Contrary to the popular misconception that no one buys android tablets, they are doing OK.

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