Reply #10: Had to weigh in [View All]

[cannondale]

My iPod -- the original 5GB model. Still charges, and still lasts throughout a 6-hour drive. I do not know anyone who has managed to break an iPod, even after they have dropped then while bicycling, and yes, backed oven them with a car -- it would be hard to break just about any portable device by driving over it with a car.

How about a quality example: One company, two types of computers. I do most of the programming, so I have a Mac by choice. The business partner has that Windows stuff. I replace my laptop an average of once every 3-1/2 years, his every two years. For his last laptop, he replaced the battery twice, the monitor once, and a motherboard replacement. He defrags his laptop weekly, but used to do it nightly. I don't know how I'd even go about doing that, and I don't need to anyway. He has had various viruses of various flavors, and had reinstalled Windows twice in the past two years. I do not have virus protection.

Salesmen: all have replaced their batteries within the first year. Most have had their OS reinstalled, several replaced hard drives. All have had a viruses, some formatted their drives to solve the problem.

The server is a Mac. It is a file server (Mac and Windows), FTP, and DB server. We have had to restart it a few times in the past three years, but mostly for software upgrades.

The business partner just purchased a Mac, and plans to run Windows only for the few things he deems necessary. He will run the Mac side most of the time, and feels like he has a safety net because he knows the Windows side will crap out with a virus soon enough.

Hmmmmm. Yes, those Mac sure are inferior. Fonts look bad? Where did you read this, because it is certain you have never looked at a Mac screen? Have you notices how the Mac's anti-aliasing is beautiful compared to MS's? Software for creating Web pages?? Am I replying to a middle-school student?

The only reason Windows isn't dead