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and so it begins

All the rats. . .

Expect to see Ballmer demand to know who stole his quart of strawberries.

Twisted! Nice on the Captain Qweeg!

Oooooo... Actual competition - and three different operating systems are in the race.

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

It's time for Microsoft to learn how it feels when their biggest partners start go walk away.

They did the same to IBM, Sybase and others. You all know the story.

Come on, let's sing:

How does it feel,
How does it feel,
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

MW: "college", like the main Mac marketplace.

Let's keep this perspective. This is by no means even a minute dent to Microsoft's overall Windows sales. But it is a slap to their once omnipotent ego, and does show that PC hardware companies are more than able and willing to sell/drop whatever configuration consumers want or don't want. Add to this that Apple runs computers w/ Intel processors, and you can see just how much things have changed since Y2K.

Although we profess the superiority of Mac OS and systems, I prefer to see Apple stay in the ~10% marketshare range. I think that's where we will achieve the greatest satisfaction in being Mac owners (and will keep the US Justice Dept active).

D9

HP and Dell are the biggest PC sellers at the moment. If both drops the M$ for Linux or something else it will affect M$ immediately. No doubt about it. Market cap. that Micro$oft has is down to $270 billion. Down from $600 billion what it was before the .com bubble. That will drop significantly. If anyone has MSFT sell it while you can. Trade it to AAPL.

Finland guy,

That's what I mean about perspective. Neither HP or Dell is dropping or going to drop Windows for Linux or any other OS. Neither is losing money selling Windows, so neither has a need to replace Windows w/ Linux or Mac OS. What they do have is the need to increase the market and by offering this Linux line, they tap into new markets. Sure, it's a great increase in Linux marketshare but it comes at a very small if noticeable hit to Windows sales.

Now the Media Center issue is a bit more interesting in that Microsoft is by no means the de facto leader of the so called Digital Living Room. This once again shows that where Microsoft must play catch-up or even playing field, their lack of true innovation and customer satisfaction prevents them from controlling new markets.

At the very least, these articles show that Microsoft can no longer dictate where technology will go and who will follow.

D9,

Um, Microsoft *is* the defacto leader of the digital living room. Where have you been since 2003? Ever see the HP Z557? It kicks tail on anything else *I've* ever seen. What? Are you telling me Apple has something better? Please...

Finland guy,

MS is not being dropped! LOL, do you think Dell would want to sink? Even if they do offer Linux equipped PCs, only the uber geeks are going to buy them. Its like MAC. You can freely buy MACs but they aren't taking over Microsoft at 10% market share. And MACs are superior to Linux. So how much do you think Linux is going to get if MAC only has 10%?

@MicroNix

Wow, the HP Z557, such a catchy name!

I got more taste in my penis.

I think the point is, its clearly a nick in the MS armor and that's saying a lot, historically speaking.

MAC is Media Access Control. What has that to do with the subject?