those that "dont care" are better known as sheeple

but seriously, the silent majority probably makes do with what they have at hand. it may even be that they dont install additional software, or even upgrade the firmware...

thats one of the pet issues with reviews of things like the recent netbooks. the tester, being probably a knowledgeable windows user, keeps saying that while the product is ok out of the box, installing stuff is a hassle.

but i wonder how many really install software. mostly it seems to be that ones you go beyond the media player codecs and the office pack, non-gamers or people with work related needs dont seem to install that much.

and if they do its probably so rarely that they grab the nearest geek to do it for them, or at least be on standby while its done in case of some weird event. and for those users, anything can be considered weird...

i think that the more one think of something as static ones its on hardware, the closer one gets to how it will be used.

hell, i wonder how many non-geeks would like to own a remote control that have its button layout change depending on what its controlling at the moment.

and then take that concept and scale it maybe 100-1000 times to get you smartphone, pda, tablet or computer.