# PC vs Mac & IE vs Netscape

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pc-vs-mac-ie-vs-netscape/50801>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [May 6, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pc-vs-mac-ie-vs-netscape/50801 "2004-05-06T15:23:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f17d59/32.png) [@Cello](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cello)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pc-vs-mac-ie-vs-netscape/50801/1 "2004-05-06T15:23:20Z")

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Here’s a thing. One of my roles is to sit on a web strategy panel for a global company producing a product that every household requires.

Reviewing thier website stats for April I note the following information about users:

**OS**  
Windows - 92.4%  
Mac - 5.4%  
Unknown - 1.5%  
Linux - 0.7%

**Browser**  
IE - 94.2%  
Netscape - 2.7%  
Unknown - 1.7%  
Safari - 1%  
Opera - 0.4%

This information is consistent for each month for the last 3 years (between the majors).

Given this information, why should we as designers spend a disproportionate amount of time (and money) ensuring compliance with what the market has determined are minority tools.

\*\*I should add that I started out on Mac but now use a PC - I love em both! I am not seeking views on which is best - I’m looking forward to hearing views about the stats above \*\* 🙂