On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 6:02 PM, David K Watson<[email protected]> wrote:
> Of course, anecdotal evidence is worth almost nothing, but > even if we accept it as being representative, we still don't actually > know the switching probabilities here. Other than for necessities dictated by the workplace, and even in that instance, I personally know of no one who had been using Macs for a period of years who decided, for their personal use, to abandon the Mac platform in favor of Windows. I do know of plenty the other way. As you point out, perhaps this is solely a matter of the sheer number of Windows users versus Mac users, but I do not believe that to be the full story. I have never heard of a seasoned Mac user move to Windows because they got tired of and frustrated with the Mac OS. Not so in the other direction. > Even so, it is fun to note (for the purposes of riling up some > people) that in the scenario where either switch was equally > likely, you'd approach a steady state in which there were equal > numbers of windows and mac users. Perhaps that is why MS, along with some partners I am sure, is planning to enter into uncharted territory for them by opening up a series of stores next to or close to Apple stores. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
