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Darren - that's very interesting.

> They (Apple) do have the IPOD (thank god) and some new Imacs, both of which aren't anything spectacular. <

I haven't seen the new *Intel* iMac yet, but the reports are promising. As for the iPod, well 83% of the portable MP3 player market means something (I don't know what apart from users like them).

> Intel's and AMD's dual-core PCs and (upcoming Notebooks) pretty much outdo anything Apple has right now and probably will have unless of course Apple shares the same Intel chips at the same. <

FYI Intel and AMD make *chips*, Apple and Dell etc make *computers*. Apple have changed the chip supplier and hence the hardware design.

> So there really isn't a compelling reason to switch like in the past when Apple was a leader in Processor and Graphics performance. <

Doesn't that depend on why you might want to switch? Not all switchers are concerned about the ultimate in graphics performance or whatever, some could conceivably be after a more stable OS or other perceived benefit.

> ...there are ways to deal with the Viruses and malware and security issues that plague windows. Yeah there's actually a huge market built around Internet security and Anti-Viruses software. <

And when it comes to spending your cash (and time) where would you prefer to spend it? At the football match or patching and updating the anti-virus /anti-spyware / whatever?

> And it's certainly not enough to push people away from PCs as Apple's market share clearly demonstrates. <

Odd then that Apple's market share is increasing.

> This is stretch but if Apple scraps OSX and run Windows they actually might grab a bigger slice of the computer market, lol. <

Yeah, right.

Oh, that's where you came in

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