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The reason windows is so popular in the home market is because it was in the 90s. businesses bought windows/office, and people brought the floppies home, which
by isostatic 9y ago
The reason windows is so popular in the home market is because it was in the 90s. businesses bought windows/office, and people brought the floppies home, which led to schools following suit, which lead to a generation thinking windows = computers.
- plopz 9y agoI grew up in the 90s and 00s and schools were all Apple but homes and businesses were all Windows
- isostatic 9y agoYes, on paper Apple was the future -- kids were learning it at school, and thus would recommend it and require it both at home, and then in the office a decade later. However Microsoft capitalised on their position in the office, and it was far cheaper to buy a fully functioning computer at home with a copy of windows and office from work. Then schools were under pressure to provide what was normal. Piracy made windows what it is.