I've noticed a trend that progressive bloggers have been (occasionally) writing about good experience switching to a Mac. Microsoft probably noticed this, too . . .
From e-Week:
News Analysis: Here is how Microsoft went about putting free laptops into the hands of bloggers.
Beginning of the article . . .
Microsoft's latest attempt to curry public favor began on its community-site The Hive. Microsoft is doing it this time by giving bloggers free, expensive laptops.
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The note went on, "This would be a review machine—we'd love to hear your opinion on the machine and the OS (Windows Vista Ultimate). Full disclosure: While we hope you'll blog about your experience with the PC, you don't have to. Also, you are welcome to send the machine back to us after you are done playing with it, or you can give it away to your community, or you can keep it. My recommendation is that you give it away on your site, but it's your call. Just do us the courtesy of letting us know your opinion of Windows Vista and what you plan to do with the system when the time comes."
Full article:
http://www.eweek.com/...