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(Unverified)Oct 15th 2006 11:30PM
Personally I would dread a scenario where "the world turns to Apple" simply because that would mean replacing a market-dominant proprietary OS (Windows) for another proprietary OS (OSX) which in addition is locked to proprietary hardware. Would Apple's current drive for innovation keep it's momentum once it reached a dominat market-share? I don't know, but looking back into history I have some doubts.
Now, just look at the market-dominant iPod. It's a great DAP, beautifully designed, great interface and you just can't beat that clickwheel - genius. But it´s literally a straitjacket - you're practically locked to iTunes, it doesn't allow you to play anything but MP3s and AAC (Apple lossless can't be taken seriously, and I'm sure they would drop mp3 support if they could), they refuse to license Fairplay (talk about sarcastic!) and Apple purposedly crippled some features to feed the accessories market.
As for OS X, I think that there's little doubt that it is the best desktop operating system. It's secure, fast, versatile and elegant. But again, it locks us down to Apple's hardware. And although Macs are fine pieces of equipement (and if we take into account their build quality and features they're really not that expensive) I prefer to be free to choose the components inside my computer and easily upgrade at will.
Apple's Bootcamp is a very inteligent strategy to get Windows users to switch to Macs and thereby gain marketshare. But is it a fair strategy when Apple prevents OS X from being installed in any machines other than their own (it can actually be installed in PCs, like mentioned in previous comments, but involves some serious hacking and it's not legal)? Are they competing in equal terms with the other manufacturers? I don't think so. If Apple was under the same anti-competitive scrutiny that Microsoft is, they probably wouldn't be able to get away with some of the things they do?
And just as a side note, Ryan, how can you honestly deny your anti-Microsoft bias after posting such a creepy picture in your "Microsoft Agents on the way" post? :-)