[Discussion] [VOICENWS] OT: Apple thrives under Vista onslaught, steady on iPods

[Otavsky]

This shows to everybody that the hardware makers are being hurt by the 
MS monopoly. They brought this on themselves, so I do not pitty them, 
but now they have an opportunity to fight back. The consumers are asking 
them to. They are beginning to understand the diminishing value of MS 
"upgrades".  I want to bring up the fact that a pernicious Microsoft 
Hotfix KB918118 broke Autodesk Inventor, one of the most popular CAD 
programs. That, of course, is a disaster for any R/D or Engineering 
department that relies on it. Our IT at work is set up so that the 
"hotfix" after being removed, gets re-installed upon reboot and you are 
back where you started. Let me take this to the logical conclusion: Is 
anybody calling for the Lemon Laws to apply to computers?  Is there a 
class action suit in the works? NOT just curious any more.
Pavel

madodel wrote:

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> From: Mark Dodel <feedbackDESPAM at DESPAMos2voice.org>
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> This is completely off topic for this list, for which I apologize  and 
> I am in no way promoting Apple.  Though I now have three of these Mac 
> beasts in my home, I am not a fan of Mac OSX and I still use only eCS 
> for most of my daily computing.  I really thought it was funny to read 
> that every major computer maker saw a dip or flattened sales during 
> the period following the release of windows vista, except for Apple.  
> Maybe people are beginning to wise up.
>
> http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2617
>
> "Apple thrives under Vista onslaught, steady on iPods
>
> By Aidan Malley
> Published: 12:00 AM EST
>
> An expert at Morgan Stanley has reasoned that of all the major 
> computer makers in play during the release of Windows Vista, the only 
> one to avoid taking a hit in sales was the one company that chose not 
> to run the software at all: Apple."
>