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Mass Microsoft Defections to Apple Possible

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the viva-la-revolution dept.

An anonymous reader writes to mention a MacWorld article covering research by the Forrester group. Their report shows that mass dissatisfaction with Microsoft and its products could lead to defections from the company. From the article: "Over all, only Apple and Tivo saw their brand trust rise in the last two years, according to the report. The final tally saw Bose, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Panasonic and Sony earn the highest marks, while Microsoft, Gateway and LG ranked lowest. The low scores for Microsoft could mean good news for Apple as consumers showed their distrust of the Redmond-based software-giant."

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  1. Re:Let MS keep the market share! by Daniel_Staal · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd really love to see Apple with, oh, 25% of the market. Enough that people really take them seriously, but not enough to be in charge.

    Apple is innovative and amazing, and makes some of the best personal computers and software on the market. And the moment they started to get control of that market they'd be worse than Microsoft. (Who occasionally has to listen to people outside their company: the PC manufacturers for instance.)

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  2. Re:Trying a Mac by Poeir · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Windows Vista and Mac OS X appear to be very similar, at least if this video is any indication. The audio is from a preview of Windows Vista, while the video is a live Macintosh desktop.

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