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"Nobody is switching from Mac to Linux"

Yeah, that's almost laughable. Sorry, I'm a Linux user, and the only people that use Linux are technically adept people that prefer the Unix world over the Windows World, and while OSX is based in a Unix hybrid now, they go to great lengths to hide it, so the traditional "I need a computer so easy to use it's stupid" crowd would never go near Linux with a 10 ft pole; if anything, I've seen lots of Linux users migrate to the Mac because it gives them the best of both worlds....Unix and commercially supported GUI envirnoment.

"But Windows users are switching to Macs in droves"

Ummm, define "droves"? I don't see that many Windows users making the switch, sorry. Apple still has, what, 4 percent of the PC market? 5 at the most? They're making money, and their influence is far above their true market penetration, but for the most part, Windows people stick with XP.

Ummm, define "droves"? I don't see that many Windows users making the switch, sorry.

About half of the Mac sales are to people switching from Windows, so on Apple's scale, that is a large amount. It's still a small amount in Microsoft's world, but it seems that Dell is starting to lose a significant number of sales to Apple.

Ummm, define "droves"? I don't see that many Windows users making the switch, sorry. Apple still has, what, 4 percent of the PC market? 5 at the most? They're making money, and their influence is far above their true market penetration, but for the most part, Windows people stick with XP.

If anything, most people who have bought the new Intel Macs have probably installed Boot Camp and have OS X and Windows XP on their machines. There was somebody who tried to use Boot Camp to install Linspire on their new Intel Mac...it didn't work, but I have heard of people installing the x86-based Ubuntu distros (Ubuntu, Kubuntu) using Boot Camp.