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I think that we're all dismissing just how seriously game changing this might be.

whatever will be "game changing" in 2012, my guess is that it won't be a new version of windows, or any other desktop os

make a jump like the one that Apple made from OS 9 to OS X

yeah that was about the time apple nearly went under. how soon people forget

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The jump from OS 9 to OS X did not happen when Apple nearly went under. It happened after sales had picked up again with the release of the iMac and similar hardware. Of course Apple at the time was nowhere near as profitable as it is today, but saying it "nearly went under" is an exaggeration. That happened in the years before Jobs returned and in the first two years or so of his return.

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