I just find it sad that a stupid software monopoly positions itself to speak on behalf of all the PCs. In my world Microsoft has nothing to do with computers:

I just find it sad that a stupid software monopoly positions itself to speak on behalf of all the PCs. In my world Microsoft has nothing to do with computers: I don't use their stuff. And my Thinkpads+Linux don't present "value proposition" - they're far superior to Macs in every way that matters to me: build quality, their military styling, Linux superiority over OSX, their full size "spill-through" keyboards, 5-button precise touchpads with pointing sticks, huge batteries, etc.