Even though most of his tapes sounded a little worn by time, most of the stuff he listened to was still in great shape. There weren't many CD's in the beginning. All of these lead to the great mediocrity of American technology. The esteem we get from having this large collection is more important to us than the esteem we get from having the best, latest technology. Apple is very much in the same position.
Most people already have access to a large database of PC programs.
Even though many of the PC programs weren't really worth using, many of them still worked good. There still aren't many Macintosh programs out there compared to PC programs. Apple, however, can overcome this delimna by doing the following. That way, every Mac has the ability to run all of your existing software. By making all PC software runable on the Mac, you'll get more MacOS systems purchases.