Speaking of arstechnica.com, has anyone ever clicked on their forums? Specifically, their "Soapbox" forum is full of anti-America vitrol and endless Bush bashing. It almost rivals Democratic Underground for sheer stupidity....
Most users never buy Windows. They buy a computer. Most computers are never upgraded, they are just demoted and replaced. The second-hand user simply continues with whatever OS was originally installed.
DELL sells about 150,000 computers a day, 365 days a year. Considering their market share, that means about 150 million new computers are sold every year, and 90 percent will be delivered with Windows.
Windows will add about five percent to the price of the computer.
So you're saying that Linux users are lining up to buy Vista now? (At least that's what your picture seems to indicate)