the article also picked primarily business machines offered from dell/hp/etc. these are always priced substantially higher from their consumer counterparts because they have extended warranties included in the price. if the idiot who wrote the article picked consumer laptops and spec'd them up he would realize the price for a similarly spec'd pc was about $500 less than a similarly spec'd mac, not to mention even being 500 dollars less the pc probably has BETTER specs than the mac.

What's wrong with this? Sure linux is about choice but it would be nice for everything to be standardized for new users--- besides, this is just one more choice, and those of us who know how to use linux will still be able to make a choice and screw around with other themes if we so please... this will make the linux desktop more competitive.