Jim Intriglia’s Blog

2009 will be the year that I purchase my first Apple computer. My transition from a Microsoft Windows personal computing platform to a Mac platform was as relatively easy decision to make.

From my perspective, business and technology professionals have not adopted Microsoft’s Vista operating system, opting to hang on to the relatively stable Windows XP o/s and their current hardware. Once Windows 7 was announced by Microsoft, that pretty much sealed my decision to switch my personal computing platform.

When the Apple MacBook Pro laptop was released earlier this year, I was impressed with the design and the advanced Leopard operating system. I reviewed Apple’s peripherals such as the iPhone 3G and iTouch. I liked what I saw respective of the hardware and software design. My wife loves her Apple iTouch; my  musician son uses his iPod Nano 4G daily. He would trade his brand new Dell laptop for a MacBook in a heartbeat.

The MacBook Pro can run all of my Microsoft Windows application efficiently via VM Fusion, so my considerable investment in Microsoft application software is preserved. I’ve noticed that Apple distributors are selling Mac hardware and software for considerably less than the Apple retail store or online.

By smoothing the migration path from MS Windows to Apple Mac while also addressing the price point of Mac hardware and software, Apple has set the stage to significantly increase their marketshare in multiple categories.

I believe other career IT professionals will be migrating their personal computing systems over to the Apple platform, especially if they have teenagers and technology adverse spouses. In the enterprise, we will use whatever platform makes sense for the business application at-hand that is also in compliance with the overall enterprise architecture.

2009 can be the year that Apple significantly increases it’s personal computer market share beyond the current 9 percent share. Time will tell.