Re: Delay of Vista to mean more Mac sales

In article <abc-FA95D9.09400609052006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Mike <abc@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Of course. But given that there is so much software available for
Windows, it better meets the needs of all those individual users, as it
is more likely to offer what each individual needs to get his *own* work
done.

That is always the implication about the claims of 'so much more
software,' but it doesn't hold up to scrutiny. Almost everyone uses the
same few software programs, and the place where that software
difference matters seems to be only in businesses where vertical tools
are used.

OS X is in a much better situation in this
respect than other alternative operating systems, particularly for home
users.

Not really - no games, no TurboTax, can't bring work home, etc. Linux
has the same problems.
Mac OS X has MANY games available -- lots more than most people would
ever want to play, and typically the same games as those most popular
under Windows.
There certainly is TurboTax, and almost no one has any trouble taking
work home, accessing business networks, opening files from almost any
program.
Where did you get these ideas?

This isn't going to lead to mass migrations, of course; if the average
end-user really cared about having the latest and greatest, Windows
would have been dead for a long time.

How do you figure that? The latest and greatest is XP, as far as the
world is concerned. Most people just got XP within the last 2 years.
The latest and greatest version of Windows is XP; the latest and
greatest operating system choice is much less clearly anything with
Windows in the name. I wouldn't put it in the top ten.
I wonder where you got the idea that most people didn't buy XP in the
first few months when it came out?

For those of us who have been running XP since before it was released
(betas and RCs), Vista is the latest and greatest, and will be available
soon enough. Some of us already have it (MSDN subscriptions are SO
nice!).
Again -- the latest and greatest only of Windows versions. If you count
the preview as a product that is available now, and if you count the
preview as similar to whatever is eventually released.
.

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