Can Apple Take Microsoft on the Desktop?

An anonymous reader writes "RDM asks Can Apple Take Microsoft on the Desktop?, a comparison of recent sales and profits and the future outlook for Macs and PCs. It's the opinion of the article's author that Apple doesn't have to take a majority share of the desktop market to win. The key is to take the most valuable segments of the market. They show via a few quick financial numbers that even though Apple is selling fewer machines, they're making more money per machine than your Dells or your Gateways. Not being beholden to Microsoft gives them a big advantage when competing with traditional PC sellers. Once Apple is positioned, Microsoft will be forced to choose whether it wants to battle Mac OS X for control of the slick consumer desktop, or repurpose Windows as a cheaper, mass market alternative to Linux in corporate sales. If it doesn't make a choice, the company will face difficult battles on two fronts.""

Comments

Yes

[Anonymous Coward]

If Microsoft bends over the desk. (Come on, this was the expected joke - the title was phrased this way on purpose)

Re:Yes

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't know... even with a condom, I don't think the Mac would want to take PC.

Too high a chance of getting a virus.

Re:Yes

[edwardpickman]

It'd be nice to see Microsoft bent over the desk for once. They've had customers bent over the desk for years.

No

[an.echte.trilingue]

Of course not, since 2007 if finally going to be the year of the Linux Desktop.