Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Jun 2006 21:33 UTC
The popularity of Apple Computer's iPod digital music players is helping it sell more Macs, but so far it hasn't been enough to spark a rise in the company's share of the personal computer market. According to research firm Gartner, worldwide PC shipments totaled 57 million units in the first quarter of 2006, representing a 13.1 percent increase over the same period last year. But in that time, Apple's share of the worldwide market slipped from 2.2 percent to a mere 2.0 percent. 
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I have several customers on Linux, liberal arts background, writers, secretarial work in small offices, all basically using the machine as an appliance. Not needing any particular windows application - though apparently photoshop on crossover office is good enough for major studios.
Its not a problem. Of course, you would not do it for someone who absolutely has to run a certain kind of cad cam or financial software, or heavy gaming. But finding files, using OO, backing up, doing sub-pro image manipulation, web authoring, email, web browsing, shopping, a bit of DTP, it just quetly sits there and works. Occasional OO problems with file compatibility with Office, but you have that with different versions of Office too.
There are surprisingly many people out there who really have no need whatever for Windows. Of course, you have to teach how to use it, most of which is setting it up right in the first place. But my experience has been that it is trouble free and that people like it.