[Teotwawki]

After Windows Vista, I put Microsoft behind me. I made the switch to Apple, not that i was really drawn to it, but I was just so frustrated with Microsoft. I haven’t really regretted the change.

[Baynative]

"I made the switch to Apple, not that i was really drawn to it, but I was just so frustrated with Microsoft.",/i>,p> Microsoft is obsessed with marketing and profit. Then again, so is Apple. Ain't it funny that the liberals love them both?

[BBB333]

I’m with you.

My XP box was toooooooo slow and I needed a new computer during the Windows 8 only time period (Windows 7 can now be purchased in new computers).

I bought a Mac and Installed Windows 7 via Parallels 8.

I do a lot with Microsoft programs, it’s just accomplished in a virtual machine within my Mac.

I just mention this incase you have some need to use Windows based software on occasion - it can be accomplished with your Mac.

[Fledermaus]

I thought about going Apple but after I bought an Ipod I changed my mind. I don’t like their software. I hate having to run everything through Itunes. At least with a Samsung MP3 player it was just drag and drop from my C drive. Now I have to download a podcast (the Itunes podcast apps really suck and need wifi to run and I’m not always around a wifi connection), load it to Itunes and then load it to the Ipod.

I don’t want to learn a whole new operating system like that on a laptop.