You made the claim, you at least come up with an example.
That is why Windows has over 90% market share worldwide,
Windows marketshare is about a lot of things, both legal and illegal, but none of them are quality of the software.
And the record early sales figures show just how much consumers have taken to it.
Windows users have been waiting for a usable Windows successor to XP for about eight years. They're buying because there's finally something worth buying.
and some of the smartest humans on this planet
I've seen some of the smartest people become dumb as a rock when it comes to computers.
Sigh.
I am surprised you never saw the big fights all over the internet when some tech reviewers wrote articles about features that Apple stole from Windows. I suppose I am going to have to help you out, since you can’t appear to be able to use a search engine:
“Apple Mac OS X Leopard Preview: Who’s the Copycat Now?”
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/macosx_leopard_preview.asp
Top 10 features that Apple stole from Windows
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/macosx_leopard_preview.asp
I am sure you will find more if you looked.
“Windows marketshare is about a lot of things, both legal and illegal, but none of them are quality of the software”
Just keep telling yourself that. :)
It never falis to amaze me about the dichotomy of the thinking of Apple fanboys. The Apple fanboys will swear from here to Timbuctu that the iPod has the biggest market share, because it’s superior to every other MP3 player out there. At the same time, the same Apple fanboys will swear with a straight face that Windows has an even bigger market share by far than the iPod has in MP3’s, but then that as nothing to do with quality or the sheer volume of apps that Windows has.
“Windows users have been waiting for a usable Windows successor to XP for about eight years. They’re buying because there’s finally something worth buying.”
Win 7 is an excellent operating system, but that doesn’t no one was doing any work with XP or Vista before Win 7 came out, because they were “not usable”. Both operating systems are very usable. Most of the world’s work which is done on computers are done on XP and Vista, and that has been the case for at least 6 years.
“I’ve seen some of the smartest people become dumb as a rock when it comes to computers.”
Funny. I have seen the direct opposite of that.