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On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:39:48 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


That only is accurate if they make a superior product than the
competition. If MS continues to make a product that the consumer is not
happy with, it opens the door for serious competition.

They have a long way to go before they will have "serious" competition,
but Apple *is* coming on strong. I'm just disappointed that all this
negative Vista attention, hasn't translated to much of an increase in
Linux use. Linux is still 1-2%, depending on how you measure.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1520


I doubt Apple's recent sales boosts are related to VISTA. Going from a
Windoze PC to an Apple PC takes a huge leap of faith and an even bigger
gulp. Apple has introduced some splashy new hardware recently, including
some new computers. The MacBooks are selling like hotcakes at my local
Apple store, along with iPhones, iPods, et cetera.

I think the LINUX star is setting. At some point, there will be a really
strong port of Apple's UNIX OS to PC's that have been running MS OS, and
*that* will be a very interesting development. There are some ports
around now, but they are flaky.

Why bother with LINUX when you can use Apple's Leopard, which is UNIX in
a sweet candy shell?