What you are forgetting is that "windows" in any form is the only OS known to the vast majority of home PC users. Many casual Mac users even find the term synonymous with using a computer. However successful it is with the early adopters, it will surely become standard issue on all HP, Dell, Gateway, etc. computers sold at countless electronics boxes across the globe. Sure they could lose some, but the numbers are still far in their favor for the economically conscious developers to drag them back in the end.
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What you are forgetting is that "windows" in any form is the only OS known to the vast majority of home PC users. Many casual Mac users even find the term synonymous with using a computer. However successful it is with the early adopters, it will surely become standard issue on all HP, Dell, Gateway, etc. computers sold at countless electronics boxes across the globe. Sure they could lose some, but the numbers are still far in their favor for the economically conscious developers to drag them back in the end.