Having worked in an Apple store I can attest that because Intel always had different chips it was real hard to convince a potential customer of a comparison.
Now they have machines using the same chips, which can run windows if they need to. With no performance hit. Demonstrable in store.
The reason for slow sales now is the transition between the two platforms.
Valid points.
Apple's skewed benchmarks on their website makes it hard for you to do what you need to do as well.
We'll have to wait and see how it's recieved.
I honestly don't think it'll be as warmly welcomed as you think it will be for one important reason.
Apple makes their machines windows bootable now, that's true, *BUT* they don't come pre-installed with both windows and macos.
That's the achilles heel. Most people don't want the hassle of doing the install themselves.(no matter how painless it actually is) This has been the biggest roadblock ahead of linux adoption as well.
Will apple store peeps officially do installs of windows free of charge for customers?(no, I don't mean under the table)