'Early in the decade it seemed that if you wanted a Windows alternative, Linux was it. Nowadays, an Apple Mac is undoubtedly the alternative and, with its resurgence and its Intel base, a very viable one.'
I'm as big of a linux fan as the next guy but seriously does he think that most people considered linux as the alternative to windows in the early '00's? Up until maybe 2-3 years ago with the emergence and popularity of the *buntu distro(s) you either ran Windows or you ran the Apple flavor. Linux was a distant third at best. I dunno maybe it's just me.
Back in the day you could make the distinction between Mac's and IBM compatibles by their hardware platform but even then they were still Personal Computers.
There was of course the distinction between hardware (PPC vrs x86) but even that is gone now.
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I'm as big of a linux fan as the next guy but seriously does he think that most people considered linux as the alternative to windows in the early '00's? Up until maybe 2-3 years ago with the emergence and popularity of the *buntu distro(s) you either ran Windows or you ran the Apple flavor. Linux was a distant third at best. I dunno maybe it's just me.
Isn't a Mac/Apple a P(ersonal)C(computer)?
Back in the day you could make the distinction between Mac's and IBM compatibles by their hardware platform but even then they were still Personal Computers.
There was of course the distinction between hardware (PPC vrs x86) but even that is gone now.
Personal Computers = PC PC != Just Windows PC = Mac/Apple PC = Linux