Apples latest move - BootCamp - can turn out quiet bad for Microsoft.

By allowing users to install Windows XP additionally to OSX on it’s newer machines, many people will buy a Mac (because of it’s design, and the ability to try out OSX while still having Windows available). They’ll install Windows. But one time or another, Windows will fail them, and they boot up their OSX. And eventually notice that it’s better, prettier, easier to use.

And they’ll see the price of buying Windows licenses.

If Microsoft doesn’t manage to launch Vista before christmas, and offer something relevant for the users with Vista (a prettier UI and a malware detector isn’t enough, and noone believes Microsofts security promises anymore), they’ll lose quite a bit of the christmas sales.

I wonder when Dell and Samsung will start selling PCs with OSX, too, now that it’s no longer an either-or decision.