> ... the sale by Sony of computers with pre-installed software meets the expectations of a significant proportion of consumers who prefer to purchase a compute

> ... the sale by Sony of computers with pre-installed software meets the expectations of a significant proportion of consumers who prefer to purchase a computer already equipped and ready for immediate use, rather than to purchase a computer and software separately. Since the "significant proportion of consumers" is going to be the same with other brands too, we can assume this is a major victory for M$.