Cyrillic database for Mac

[Alec McAllister]

On  5 Sep 95 at 9:42, Robert Beard wrote:


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> Anyone about to purchase a
>Mac should also remember that only PCs are used in the Slavic nations and
>that only 20% of the computers in the US are Macs, virtually all at
>universities.  More than 90% (Idon't know the exact figure) of the
>computers around the world are PCs.

According to figures published in "The Economist" and several
specialist computer papers, the best estimates are:

Total number of computers in the world: approx 170 million

Number of PCs: approx 140 million, i.e. about 82.3%

This market-share is expected to increase.

Macs account for approx 9%, and most of these are found in a few
specialized areas, mainly graphic design and North American
education. This market-share fluctuates, but is expected to decline.

Most of the commercial users in the questionnaire reported that they
intend to buy PCs when the time for the next upgrade comes round.
This was true even for a majority of those organizations which have
presently standardized on Macs.

In some ways, the Mac is technically superior to the PC, but
technical considerations are not the only factors to be considered.


Alec McAllister
Computing Service
University of Leeds



email: T.A.McAllister at Leeds.AC.UK