Two interesting takes on Microsoft, Windows and Apple’s OSX.
The first from the New York Times is more interesting, as it looks at the costs of inherited complexity, and critically, maintaining support for legacy applications.
Cringely’s take on Apple’s Boot Camp (which loads Windows onto a new Intel-based Mac) is a lighter punch at Apple’s motives and the failure of Windows to launch on time predicated on Dell and HP’s need for x months lead time.
I don’t really care about Windows (although I do want to play a load of Windows only games), but I think the more interesting story here is one that both stories miss -
The world of work is changing – people are increasingly working from home, or on their own, or freelancing. These people don’t have monolithic IT departments to make purchasing – they make their own decisions and have to support their own PCs. And I think they’ll turn to Macs – especially as they can now pay the premium for the cool hardware and still not lose their ‘investment’ from Windows software.