> It's not about the hardware. It's about the tight and seamless integration between the hardware and the software. The competitors are living in a completely d

> It's not about the hardware. It's about the tight and seamless integration between the hardware and the software. The competitors are living in a completely different reality in that regard. Y'know, you're not wrong, but here's the thing: once I set up a Linux desktop or laptop, it just works, just like a Mac does. From what I can ascertain, Windows is the same. It's not like the 80s, dealing with IRQs and what-not. Linux is a little more annoying, with proprietary drivers for some graphics cards, but again: once it's set up, it runs. The integration is just as tight as on a Mac: the hard drive stores data (with a better file system than HFS+ …); the graphics card displays graphics; the USB system delivers data; the headphone ports play music. Not only that, but I also have freedom, which is no small thing. So, the experience is a bit worse at set-up time, and better on an ongoing basis. That's not a bad trade-off.