I am optimistic that Leopard and Vista represent an opportunity for Apple to gain real marketshare in the home. If Leopard lets people use their current Windows software, and Vista is a dramatically new UI that require people to buy new hardware anyway, the psychological barriers that prevent people from trying a Mini will disappear.
That's why the gas station down the street still runs a Windows box, not a box with BSD or Linux on it.
More often than not, those point of sales (POS) systems, and touch screen systems the waitresses and host use at restaurants, are DOS based. These systems will not be switching to Windows any time soon.
Think those are still nervous about haveing tospend lots of time training their $6 per hour employees for a new system that they stick with Windows
They stick with DOS. Minimum wage employees are not being trained to use Windows. They know how to use a single dedicated application that is a glorified cash register. When the ATMs on my work route that dispenses train tickets goes down, they sometimes show an OS/2 Warp screen. I don't think hardly anyone uses Windows in these hardened situations.
