If "most people are not equipped to make an informed choice" it is almost by definition "not a free market." If people make a decision based on coercion and fear it is not a free market.
No one said anything about coercion and fear. That smacks of demonizing MSFT. Which is unnecessary. I can sort of agree
that VISTA has been a slow, fascinating train wreck.
I can enjoy watching it, but the people that are in it don't have my perspective on it.
Another group of PC buyers making technically uninformed choices are thise with low self esteem. They buy PCs because "that is the standard" -- they want inclusion into the group. Buying a PC affirms this. This is not a free market.
Now that is completely unsubstantiated horseshit. People buy PCs that are cheap and available. If they are savvy enough to have a mission in mind, and most aren't, they'll get (or build) a machine that suits the mission. Their self-esteem has nothing to do with it.
This is the brilliance of Apple "I'm a Mac - I'm a PC" ads. The consistent message in all these ads is that people who buy PCs are dorks.
OK, I admit that I'm a dork. I'm the worst sort, though, I'm an evil uber-dork.
(See I got back to the topic!)
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