[Swordmaker]

EXCELLENT comparison of Windows, OS X, and Linux as business OSes by a Chief Information Officer of the Harvard Medical School and CareGroup, which runs the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

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[Echo Talon]

I bought WinXP Pro ONE time(for my main PC) and upgraded 3 times... and used the same copy... How many versions of OSX have you had to purchase in that 5+ year time frame to maintain functionality?

[Echo Talon]

Mac OS X version 10.0, code named Cheetah, released on 2001-03-24 for a price of US$129.95, was the first official release of Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system.

Mac OS X version 10.1, code named Puma, was the second major release of Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system. It superseded Mac OS X v10.0 and preceded Mac OS X v10.2. It was released on 2001-09-25, as a 'free update', due to the heavy criticism of the last version of Mac OS X. Starting with version 10.1.2, Apple made it the default operating system on new Macs.

Mac OS X version 10.2 "Jaguar" was the third major release of Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system. It superseded Mac OS X v10.1 code name Puma and preceded Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther." The operating system was initially available on August 24, 2002 for a price of US$129,

Mac OS X version 10.3 "Panther" is the fourth major release of Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system. It follows Mac OS X v10.2 "Jaguar" and precedes Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger". Apple released Panther on October 24, 2003. The cost from Apple was US$129.00

Not sure about "Tiger" or cost...

So $387.99+ whatever Tiger Costs...

WinXP Service Pack 2 and Soon to be 3 are free...