Thanks,

John

For that matter linux, specifically ubuntu, is also really good and is actually better than both xp and mac in some areas, like application installs and upgrades via. apt-get for example.

But overall it’s not really a contest for your daily computer. Now I really do have problems with apple, their closed ways and their attitude towards customers, but like dating a hot girl who’s amazing in bed, you put up with a lot for the awesome experience.

I absolutely feel that Macbooks are fantastic notebooks. But lists like this are what make Mac users look like morons. If you want to make a legitimate comparison then compare two similar systems.

BTW, how the heck did you get an ultra quiet Macbook? The fans here (as in most current notebooks) start loud and grow progressively louder in time. Before I got a Macbook I had a few old centrino notebooks that never got hot or had fan noise. But since going Mac then our Mac Mini and Macbook both hum all night and it’s annoying.

I think you kind of missed the point there, sport. Obviously every computer has an F9 key. What the author was not pointing out is what the F9 key does on a Mac. It is the standard key that shows all open windows in alll open applications. Obviously, it doesn’t have to be the F9 key [it isn’t on my Mac], it can be any F key you assign it to.
The author could have also mentioned the F10 and F11 key, or easier still, he could have said “I can’t do without Expose anymore” and boy would he be right.

Now, there’s going to be utilities that do the same on Windows, and I understand that if your Windows Vista box has the spec for it it will do something similar with Aqua. But it’s not Expose, anonymous, believe me it isn’t.

In the OS 8/9 days, Mac OS was charming and I loved using it although there were plenty of things to groan about. Now it’s a truly awesome experience. The price argument has been hacked to pieces over many, many years and it used to be true, even. There has been a time where Apple computers were incomprehensibly expensive.
No longer. You can no doubt get a much cheaper PC anytime, but it would be dishonest to claim that you’d get the same quality of machine. And you’d still be running Windows. Windows Vista Home or Home Basic. A system that’s going to be nagging you to update every time you want to exceed its capacity. There’s only one system [server software notwithstanding] for the Mac. There are no second/third-class users on the Mac. Mac users are accused of being elitist but Windows Vista says: if you’re a poor clod, you get to buy Vista Home. If you can afford it you can have Windows Ultimate. Thanks, Microsoft, rub it in with some coarse sea salt, why don’t you?

I don’t know what the problem is with Preview. It’s a cool little app.

Price is a consideration, it’s true, but there comes a point where the quality of the experience exceeds the mere number on the price tag. 14 years and counting without any kind of virus scanner, an environment that doesn’t come in the way of what I’m doing “You’ve got unused icons on your desktop”, I know why I drive a Mac. I don’t even care about why other people don’t anymore.

I have 5 Notebooks and 1 MacBook Pro. Everything from a cheap Acer to a Sager NP9750. I am much more productive now than I ever was and everything from those on the list to Transmit (FTP) and even stuffit make my life easier.
I’m sure your reasons are completely different and that is why I asked. Hopefully someone will mention something I haven’t read about yet that will be useful to me.

Thanks

John