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Macs are suprerior.

Oh, well, if you say so ... /SARCASM

The article deliberately does not deal with empirical occurences. Theoretical designs to crash Mac OS X exists but are not practically implemented.

Get real. The software engineering of OS X is fundamentally the same as the software engineering that goes into BSD and Linux and Windows and Solaris. And the bug counts validate that.

I have a standing challenge to my graduate students. Show me a PC notebook that you successfully maintain and keep for two years of grad school.

Perhaps that's more a reflection of IQ-challenged grad students than than empirical evidence. Here's a tip: Most of those kids are running crap on their machines (IM, file-sharing, etc) that is specifically laden with spyware. It's no wonder that you can't find any students who can accomplish such a feat.

In ten years, no PC notebooks have survived. All my Mac notebooks still work (including Pre OS X).

Try administering them properly, chief. Until then, you're blowing smoke...

"Try administering them properly chief . . ."

Ahh, there it is-- the PC world in a nutshell. With enough IT support, PCs are awesome. Believe me, I have noticed at my university the extravagant resources dedicated to propping up your view.

Unfortunately-- probably due to my limited mental capacities as a mac user-- I would like the computer to work with ease comparable to any other technological device I work with. This is most certainly not the case with PCs. I work in labs with PCs and Macs. The Macs work better.

Were it not for IT personnel insistence and preference for PCs (at least at my work site), the monopoly would be hard to maintain. I wonder why the IT people like PCs so much? I am not smart enough as a Mac user to figure this out.

Maybe you have some insight.