So everyone goes on about how Apple is a niche player, and will never be competition for Microsoft. Now the rant is that Linux will surpass Apple as competition for Microsoft. So which is it? Is Apple competition for Microsoft or not? Or is it just that everyone loves to beat Apple like a red-headed step child? Yeah, Apple appeals to a smaller audience, but that audience isn't going to disappear because Linux starts to take a significant chunk of market share away from Microsoft. You know, more power to them if they do it. Linux is a much better OS than Windows. But to the general Apple user, Linux is still in the same OS camp as Windows. They're obviously not the same, but they are more like each other than either is like the Macintosh. And Mac users like the MacOS. Sure, it's not perfect, but it is quite different from Linux and Windows. Mac people are attracted to that difference. And Linux isn't going to suddenly change focus and adopt a Mac-style way of operating. So the Mac will continue with it's little "niche" crowd. But you know, that little "niche" crowd has made Apple a considerable amount of money. So what's the problem? It would be great if Linux took a chunk out of Microsoft--I'd love to see it happen. But that won't reduce the Mac's appeal to a certain type of user.
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So everyone goes on about how Apple is a niche player, and will never be competition for Microsoft. Now the rant is that Linux will surpass Apple as competition for Microsoft. So which is it? Is Apple competition for Microsoft or not? Or is it just that everyone loves to beat Apple like a red-headed step child? Yeah, Apple appeals to a smaller audience, but that audience isn't going to disappear because Linux starts to take a significant chunk of market share away from Microsoft. You know, more power to them if they do it. Linux is a much better OS than Windows. But to the general Apple user, Linux is still in the same OS camp as Windows. They're obviously not the same, but they are more like each other than either is like the Macintosh. And Mac users like the MacOS. Sure, it's not perfect, but it is quite different from Linux and Windows. Mac people are attracted to that difference. And Linux isn't going to suddenly change focus and adopt a Mac-style way of operating. So the Mac will continue with it's little "niche" crowd. But you know, that little "niche" crowd has made Apple a considerable amount of money. So what's the problem? It would be great if Linux took a chunk out of Microsoft--I'd love to see it happen. But that won't reduce the Mac's appeal to a certain type of user.