[Deagle]

Mercy, you folks are sensitive...

I’m not trying to do anything...(much less put down Apple). Have been in the Computer business all my life (way before you were probably born).

Apple has some great products! Isn’t that enough that I say that?

I am just saying that 1) They are expensive and propriety and 2) They are expensive...

No, they have no thumb on the pulse of today’s technology. It is moving way too fast for Apple or anyone else to stay in a leading position. What they do have is a brand name and decent technology.

To expect that to continue is to deny the reality that progress (ie advances in technology) is not going to outperform the larger companies.

I am speaking the normal transfer of wealth from the major companies (in technology) to the up starts in technology that are coming... To deny that is to ignore that is to ignore trends and history.

[Terpfen]

I’m not trying to do anything...(much less put down Apple).

No one said you were. You're being excessively defensive. I'm not trying to evangelize you.

[dayglored]

> Have been in the Computer business all my life (way before you were probably born).

Ummmm, not quite, my FRiend.

I'm 60, I've been programming for over 40 years, and I've been designing, building, and producing computers and computer products for over 35 years. My first CPU design was done in TTL, and was constructed before Intel's 8080 chip was available. I programmed in assembler for 8080, 6800, 6502, 6809, and 8086, before switching to C.

To be correct in my case, you'd have to have been working in the computer business since before World War II. Possible, but unlikely.

I know, you were talking to Terpfen. But I couldn't resist answering anyway. :)