Those folks aren't changing *anything* on their PC as long as what they have works.
Are you kigging? People won't change things on their PCs even if it isn't working! Just the other day I saw a girl in my Psychology lecture running a nice HP laptop and Internet Explorer 6. Her window was more than half-covered with search/spam toolbars, and she was getting frustrated with how little she could see. I suggested Firefox in a caring, non-nerdy manner, and she just stared blankly at me. She then pointed out that she had Internet already, and didn't need another.
If people won't even get a new WEB BROWSER, who thinks they're gonna switch OSs? They will use whatever comes on their computer until they need a new one, and then they will use that for the same amount of time.
...which won't be happening until Apple can somehow find a way to financially justify shipping OS X on beige-boxes. Last time they tried this (OS 7), it almost brought the company to its knees. And frankly, I still don't think they're in the right place to try again... yet. Give it time, and strike when the iron's hot.
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Are you kigging? People won't change things on their PCs even if it isn't working! Just the other day I saw a girl in my Psychology lecture running a nice HP laptop and Internet Explorer 6. Her window was more than half-covered with search/spam toolbars, and she was getting frustrated with how little she could see. I suggested Firefox in a caring, non-nerdy manner, and she just stared blankly at me. She then pointed out that she had Internet already, and didn't need another.
If people won't even get a new WEB BROWSER, who thinks they're gonna switch OSs? They will use whatever comes on their computer until they need a new one, and then they will use that for the same amount of time.
Too bad their "new-and-improved" wheel is square...
...which won't be happening until Apple can somehow find a way to financially justify shipping OS X on beige-boxes. Last time they tried this (OS 7), it almost brought the company to its knees. And frankly, I still don't think they're in the right place to try again... yet. Give it time, and strike when the iron's hot.
Doubtful, but you could always just streamline the XP install to eliminate any and all processes that are not relevant to your needs.