[Westbrook]

> Swordmaker will be here shortly to debunk that statement.
> Be prepared to defend your assertion.

I already have.

See post 23.

And with all due respect to Mac OS, and especially Leopard, and how beautifully it all works together, for those of us with a lot of responsibilities, and not a lot of resources, looking to wring the greatest bang-for-the-buck, Mac is simply out of reach.

But a powerhouse “frankenstein” running a flavor of Linux, or even XP, is the next best thing.

[HAL9000]

For $100 more, I'd rather have Mac minis for desktop use. It's worth it.

Those $500 Linux boxes would be great to use as low-cost servers.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I love the freedom from virusphobia I have enjoyed for the past five or six years since I went Mac. Linux is apparently similar in that regard, and I make no doubt that it suffices for those who are up for it. And I am glad to have the understanding that it is becoming acceptable to a wider audience.

But I am not prepared to declare the "end of history" and assume that Linux has or soon will overtake OSX in functionality and usability. Nor that the last application has been invented and perfected.