Captain_Tylor - 9:55 am on Feb 1, 2005 (gmt 0)

Macs seem to have a decent standing in Japan. I don't know about China, but I do know Windows, and Microsoft in general, are not the most liked there.

As for Google not winning, other than offering free e-mail(nothing much new there, lotsa places have that) and the IPO, I can't think of anything that significant to the world Google has done in the last year or two. Apple has at least been trying. The iTunes store is a compromise between the downloaders and the big music companies and is pretty successful now, whether or not it is viable long-term. iPod has the portable music market running full speed now, and active competition is always good for us consumers. :) Maybe Google will find something big to do this year.

this is fundamental issue that is still not addressed with Macs -- they are not compatible with majority of software written today, ie for Windows.

Oh goody, this argument. K, enlighten me, please, it would be helpful for me. Gaming aside(it's almost universally agreed on both sides Windows PCs are better for gaming at this point), please explain what software written for Windows does not have a Mac version or a perfectly good equivalent?