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by meaty 4846 days ago
Yep the consumers buy a laptop because it is pink or cheap which usually ends up running windows as its the only thing at the price point. When they buy a tablet, they buy a shit no brand one running an ancient android release, realise it sucks and just go and buy a shit windows laptop.

Less than ten percent of consumers are not moronic enough to buy something better the first time.

The businesses buy windows because its good enough and already works for what they need and they don't want to learn it all again.

I live in an expensive bit of London where people can afford i-this and that and everyone still had cheap pink laptops running windows. Phones are different but there is a definite shift towards blackberry and windows phone around me from iPhones. Most people whinge about their iPhone these days.