This may very well be true. I have no desire to get a Mac, and I really don't want my PC to start to act more like one. Also, I don't think there is much evidence that a tablet/PC OS is desirable. The compromises made for uniformity could very well lead to a subpar experience on both. What can the tablet experience bring to the PC? I think Microsoft is taking a big gamble here, and it is true that Linux is a very reasonable Windows replacement.The risks all depend upon the public’s reception. If traditional Microsoft users, who may be disinterested in the sleek design of Apple products, decide they’re unhappy with the functional changes of Windows 8, they may look for alternatives. In the past, those who didn’t want design to trump function usually shrugged off Apple products in favor of Microsoft. Now they’ll have to go elsewhere.