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"...and Swordmaker posting trash about windows and great articles about Apple."

And he would be absolutely right, at least on the subject of security. I'm an IT Manager, and my networks run everything from Solaris to Windows servers to Linux...my client machines are a big mix as well, but mostly Windows. And no other other operating system gives me as many headaches about security as Windows. Always have, and until they quit giving marketing the final say in Redmond, that's the way it'll always be. Microsoft has world class security people, but their job is to fix the problems from feautures that the marketing wing demands...they haven't been as involved in the design of the OS. Contrast that to groups like OpenBSD, which design their operating system from the ground up with security in mind....if they can't keep a feature secure, it simply doesn't ship.

I'm not the Apple fanboy that Sword is, but his points are mostly valid, and Apple's user experience is still superior to that of Microsoft's....windows has improved, for sure, and it's the best choice for certain kinds of usage, but Apple's are still a better OS. They've brought the prices down drastically on the high end...if they ever follow suit on the low-end (a sub $400 decently packed Mac Mini would be a good start), then I firmly believe you'd see a loss of market share from Redmond, with more business going to Cupertino.

How good is the OS X experience? After becoming familiarized with Apple's by having to learn their ins and outs to support users, I've decided to buy a 600 mhz G3 via Ebay to run OS X for my own personal use. With enough Ram it runs nicely.

OS X does okay on a G3.

I just retired an iMac that I was using as a Filemaker server, 600mH 192MB RAM, and it did fine. Hey, I wasn't demanding a lot of it except to not have the OS choke and crash while several users access it, and it stayed up for months running Panther.

OS X is a nice OS. I like it.