Agreed. The comparison between Windows and Mac seems much closer to the Android/iPhone situation than comparisons between Windows and Linux. In fact the paral

Agreed. The comparison between Windows and Mac seems much closer to the Android/iPhone situation than comparisons between Windows and Linux. In fact the parallels to the early days of Windows/Mac seem pretty striking. Much like the iPhone, the Mac came out first and was stunning it redefined how people thought of not just the market, but their relationship to the device and the potentials of the device. Much like the iPhone, you could only get MacOS on Mac hardware (although to be fair, Apple did have a few brief, tepid flirtations with licensed clones). In the end though, even though the Mac remained technologically superior for a long time, and had a superior UI.... well forever apparently, it still wasn't able to hold market dominance against the vast army of PC manufacturers pushing Windows. Of course, the story wasn't entirely sad for Apple, as they continued to enjoy a profitable nitch with much higher profit margins than most of the PC clone manufacturers. :-) I'd say if anything, the difference today is that Apple is facing much stiffer competition from Android than it faced from early versions of Windows. I don't know how many of you are old enough to have used Windows 3.0 and the equivalent time period MacOS, but the differences were fucking amazing. MacOS wasn't just prettier, it was better in every conceivable way! Whereas, IMHO, the iPhone OS and Android are quite close, each having some advantages over the other.