Or at least you can use the google services off line - that is assuming google apps provides everything you could want on your OS. I'm sure google thinks they do but...

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Four active here, with just lil' old me!

But the report you quote says 1.25 Billion, not 125 Billion

LOL, so true. But that was just a typo.

My calculation is on the 500 million in the second bullet-point, not the billions figure. I've upped it from the 2011 400 million active Win 7s to the 500m licences sold as I explained in the post.

for windows to be killed it probably would need microsoft to kill it, a competitor would need all the following in my view.

cost advantage (probably have to be free)
compatibility with win32 binaries
directx integration of some sort
hardware vendor support

apple with its closed shop on hardware, doesnt need to worry in the same way about hardware support. The problem is apple hardware is overpriced for that reason as well hence their low market share.