So, I sit down at my local Border’s coffee shop this morning to have my morning latte. A gentleman sits down behind me asking me if that’s the new Intel-based Mac notebook. I responded ‘Yes, it is, and I’m quite happy with it.’ I proceeded to give him a tour of the new features and then show him my Windows booting up. He’s flabbergasted (in a modest sort of way).

So he proceeds to tell me the story of how his PowerBook G4 completely died in January. He was going to buy a new Intel MacBook Pro (because it wouldn’t make sense to invest backwards to the current G4s), but because he needed it right away, he went ahead and ordered a new Acer Laptop with the little Ferrari logo. I thought his looked pretty cool as well. He said he wished he knew what was coming, that he might have waited for the MacBook Pro.

He was a Mac-Zealot-turned-PC-switchback because Apple oversold and under-delivered the laptops in January. I don’t know who is running what in Cupertino, but it looks like Apple needs to take heed of events like that; albeit one person switching. But I wonder how many G4s failed in January and how many switchbacks occured? THIS does not have to happen; especially if you’re trying to gain market share.

:Vaughn

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