{"id":30728,"date":"2012-10-21T22:02:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T04:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/21\/the-cult-of-mac-er-windows.html"},"modified":"2012-10-22T10:54:16","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T16:54:16","slug":"the-cult-of-mac-er-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/21\/the-cult-of-mac-er-windows.html","title":{"rendered":"The Cult of Mac &#8230; er, Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People are going to buy Windows 8 for one of two reasons:<\/p>\n<p>1. One or more features that provide an anticipated advantage to one&#39;s computing experience.<\/p>\n<p>2. It comes pre-installed on the new PC one buys.<\/p>\n<p>But Windows is not MacOS. \u00a0It&#39;s not going to be some sort of Messaianic Experience, an Existential Validation of One&#39;s Intrinsic Merit. People are <i>not<\/i> going to invest in a version of Windows because it&#39;s <i>cool.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>No matter what Microsoft thinks in this commercial.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'><iframe type='text\/html' width='97.5%' height='385' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/i1GNDs7DCTw?version=3&#038;autohide=1' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/6CtxVLq8PaJ' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are going to buy Windows 8 for one of two reasons: 1. One or more features that provide an anticipated advantage to one&#39;s computing experience. 2. It comes pre-installed on the new PC one buys. 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