I agree, but what companies, share holders, CEOs, etc. are interested in is the amount of $ they earned at the end of the year. Having the most end users is not the end all be all, you're right. Getting as much money from those users as possible is the end-all for most companies. It's no secret that macOS is a better interface, and like I said I prefer it to windows. Unfortunately, this has very little to do with how many units are sold each year, marketshare, etc. My Mom still uses yahoo when she needs to search for something online. Google is a significantly better search engine. Why does she use yahoo? Because that's what she's always used, it's the status quo. The same is true for Microsoft. Macintosh has a lot of work to do before Microsoft has to worry about catching up, or even falling behind. Unfair, yes, but that's life.
"There's no doubt that Microsoft is going to try and play catch up with Apple,"
Since when is Microsoft playing catch up with Apple? Last time I checked, Apple was the one running ads telling people to switch _from_ windows _to_ mac. Not that it has anything to do with quality, I think (flamebait coming) that most people will agree that, as far as an OS goes, MacOS is well ahead of XP. Neither of them are <religious statement> in the same league as debian<religious statement> however...
In my experience, I usually use an RPM based system (Redhat, Mandrake, etc.) for about 10 minutes before I run into rpm dependancy problems, get pissed off, and re-install debian. Debian's package management system is just miles ahead of rpm based systems. The only nasty part is installing it. Wal-Mart (or walmart.com) is handling the installation itself. Even Joe Sixpack should be able to understand apt-get, especially with a nice front-end.
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I wonder how long it will be until Lindows users discover that they can apt-get everything that they could get from the warehouse that Lindows offers?
I agree, but what companies, share holders, CEOs, etc. are interested in is the amount of $ they earned at the end of the year. Having the most end users is not the end all be all, you're right. Getting as much money from those users as possible is the end-all for most companies. It's no secret that macOS is a better interface, and like I said I prefer it to windows. Unfortunately, this has very little to do with how many units are sold each year, marketshare, etc. My Mom still uses yahoo when she needs to search for something online. Google is a significantly better search engine. Why does she use yahoo? Because that's what she's always used, it's the status quo. The same is true for Microsoft. Macintosh has a lot of work to do before Microsoft has to worry about catching up, or even falling behind. Unfair, yes, but that's life.
"There's no doubt that Microsoft is going to try and play catch up with Apple,"
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Since when is Microsoft playing catch up with Apple? Last time I checked, Apple was the one running ads telling people to switch _from_ windows _to_ mac. Not that it has anything to do with quality, I think (flamebait coming) that most people will agree that, as far as an OS goes, MacOS is well ahead of XP. Neither of them are <religious statement> in the same league as debian<religious statement> however
In my experience, I usually use an RPM based system (Redhat, Mandrake, etc.) for about 10 minutes before I run into rpm dependancy problems, get pissed off, and re-install debian. Debian's package management system is just miles ahead of rpm based systems. The only nasty part is installing it. Wal-Mart (or walmart.com) is handling the installation itself. Even Joe Sixpack should be able to understand apt-get, especially with a nice front-end.