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Posted by michael on from the not-stoned-at-all dept.

spid writes "Tim O'Reilly posted an interesting article about people switching from other OSes (Mac OS, Windows, Linux) to Mac OS X. The resounding consensus is that most folks appreciate how, compared to these other OSes, Mac OS X 'just works.' O'Reilly also makes an interesting point that UNIX/Linux users, rather than Windows users, would be the best target niche for Apple's 'switch' campaign."

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  1. Re:Interesting Negative Switchers Story on Salon.c by toupsie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like Astrid the Priestess needs to pray to God she gets some freaking brains. She's still using Floppies for God's sake! I can't even fit one MP3 on a floppy these days. She reports that she uses "Disk Utility" often -- something smells real fishy--is Gates religious?

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  2. Re:Interesting Negative Switchers Story on Salon.c by Christianfreak · · Score: 4, Funny

    Haha, that's funny. The scary thing is it sounds just like my wife who insists on saving all her work to floppies and won't let me junk the drive.

    Me: baby we have DSL if you need a file while you're at school you can transfer it, its faster than loading the 500K word doc off the floppy

    her: but what if the harddrive breaks?

    me: that floppy will go bad long before the harddrive breaks

    her: I don't care, it could still happen and I want it with me!

    Women :) ... I love being married.

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  3. Re:Linux... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, but have you ever tried to play unreal tournament with one of those ignorant hockey puck macintosh mice?

    1998 called. They want you back.