neon,

i understand your reasoning here, in fact, i am of a similar mind (in my personal capacity); however, the vast majority of users (outside of the tech community) could not care less about the hardware platform...they choose an OS platform, combined with familiar application software with the simple expectation that everything else will be properly functional (and they are right to do so)

the reality is that linux (as an ecosystem) cannot currently fulfill this "non-elitist" primary need