Cutting the cable

[Vanraw]

Yeah, I just saw that too. I still think Micro$oft is more threatened by Google than Apple - search (and mobile search especially) is where they want to be.

I disagree

Zune, Windows CE / Mobile windows 7, Xbox / internet media appliance, and Search / ad dollars.

For the most part Microsoft knows they are not going to take over Google in search ad dollars anytime soon. Even though Bing is a better technology. When you look at these area's above, you see direct compition with apple in everything except search.

And Google is a whore. They would put Google TV on Xbox in a flash as long as they got money for it. If Samsung will embed it on a TV, you can bet it can be embedded in a Xbox. Apple on the other hand is all about proprietary hardware.

I always though this was silly of Apple. If they wanted to kick Microslop where it hurts they should release thier MAC os as a Windows replacement. Its a Linux shell that on a Intel footprint. It would work. They should have done this after Vista first launched. People would have flooded to the Apple Brand.