I wonder what really is happening in redmond ?!?!?
Has Apple really got them on the run or is it LINUX?
With all the talent at M$ they really could do something better but their company committees are just bunking the hell out of them.
Sure Intel might have put pressure on them to OK un-Vista machines but ... come on ...
Years ago when OSX went public beta my friend and I came to the conclusion that M$ is gonna take it up the anterior vortex if they don't do something radical. lolo, years later our prophecy is coming true.
Maybe, M$ should just buy Lindows or some other distro and copy Apple's approach

Actually, Sun might be the company to buy. Solaris was awesome years ago and they have some interesting things going on that could put the big bad wolves into hunting form again!
intersting notes:
M$ $150 million investment got lots of Apple code that helped XP become stable.
M$ code is riddle with " F$%#$% M$ " comments
Weren't XP Pro and XP Home different base OS code?
Pro coming from the NT line and Home coming from the ME line?