[snip] some quick, sobering thoughts:
1) if you like or prefer windows, remember, the macbook is the only laptop (so far) on which you can run mac, win, gnulinux, concurrently. so those choosing mac over win or vice-versa, can choose both. 2) all praise for ubuntu is praise for apple and mac in disguise. mark shuttleworth is 100% inspired by the design and aesthetics and UI-approach of apple. he makes no bones about this. 3) from its inception till its current version and even future versions, windows is completely inspired by apple mac os. study some computer history to discover more. 4) the engineering that has recently gone into mac os X is spectacular. in conclusion: one innovates. the others replicate, in a fashion. i remember someone told me a few years ago apple announced its worldwide developer conference (and incidentally, before the launch of vista). the posters at the conference were big bold, screaming with the headilne "seattle, fire up your photocopiers" or words to that effect.... i never verified this personally, just took his word for it. anyways. do remember that such is the power and mystique of apple and the mac, that any discussion around it soon turns from technical and objective, to purely emotional and subjective, and soon passions run high. this alone is a sign of the cultural impact and a measure of the success of apple. in the words of the great design guru dave esslinger: "form follows emotion" regards niyam -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
