This was true then and it is still pretty true, but it will not be true forever. It isn't difficult for me to imagine the Ubuntu strategy of having a phone whi

This was true then and it is still pretty true, but it will not be true forever. It isn't difficult for me to imagine the Ubuntu strategy of having a phone which runs an OS which can be used as a phone as usual or a desktop/laptop if placed in an appropriate shell (perhaps turning the phone part into a graphical touchpad) becoming a pretty common hybrid solution. Having said this, I still think there are some practical problems with Apple switching to non-Intel in the near term. Quite a lot of people I know who are diehard MacBook users use Boot Camp often, and some actually use their Macs as dedicated Windows boxes. I work at a place that is about 90% Mac laptop users but about half of them wouldn't be able to use Mac laptops for work if not for the ease of running Windows on their MacBooks.