Seems to be a lot of hype in the media lately re the collapse of Microsoft Windows to its “foe” Apple MacOSX. Apparently Vista has been a complete failure.

Wow…. If Vista is a complete failure - with triple the market share of OSX - what exactly does that make Apples flagship product?

Seriously though - I hate big evil money grubbing corporations as much as the next guy. Problem is - the company many of you have chosen to rally behind under this banner is no better (and in many respects a lot worse). That’s not to say Apple is rubbish compared to Microsoft - but at least get the facts straight if you’re going to try sell me on them being such a better company than MS.

The funniest thing about it is that despite not being a fan of either platform - I manage to see the actual advantages Macs have over Windows boxes; they are nice to look at and you get to belong to a clique - somewhat akin to the alienware gear in the “PC” world (although you do know that Mac’s are “Personal Computers” right? And you also know that the reason windows can now run on them is because they are identical in hardware?). That doesn’t mean I don’t think Macs should exist - far from. I think there are lots of niche markets for various platforms and that for anything in life there is no single solution to rule them all. But - you mac people need to stop feeling so insecure about the rest of the world not using Macs. Enjoy your niche clique for what it is and stop feeling you need Windows to collapse to prove that you were right all along.

Frankly I have no idea what the future holds for the windows platform - Linux is coming in leaps and bounds towards being a solid all-round platform and who knows if the king will finally be knocked off its high horse. I do promise however that if any operating system manages to take that crown - it wont be MacOSX. Why would people replace one “evil” organisation for another? And whether you like it or not price vs performance will always be a key factor for majority market share - something that Apple’s core philosophy is against competing in. Apple is reaching market saturation of its niches - a fear that most investors of APPL stock have started sharing over the past 4-5 months.

At least the Linux crowd aren’t hypocrites.

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